Released 2006 Length 47:27 We Are Not Obstinate Islands
(2006) Sounds
(2007) Release date 2006 Genre Jazz | Recorded October 29, 2004 Producer Harris Eisenstadt Artist The Diplomats Label Clean Feed Records | |
Venue Bob Shop, Rochester, New York | ||
We Are Not Obstinate Islands is an album by The Diplomats, a collective trio consisting of saxophonist Rob Brown, trombonist Steve Swell and drummer Harris Eisenstadt. It was recorded live in Rochester, New York in 2004 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. Swell played previously on Brown's album Radiant Pools.
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Reception
In a double review for All About Jazz, Jeff Stockton states "The five tracks are neither overlong nor too far out and while the musicians are clearly listening to each other and keying off each other's cues, no single player grabs more than his fair share of the spotlight... The Diplomats make their case concisely, with few unnecessary embellishments."
Track listing
All compositions by Brown/Eisenstadt/Swell- "Down to the Roots" – 11:27
- "Past the Roots" – 6:04
- "The Unsure of Our Times" – 9:10
- "The Unsure of Our Answers" – 10:10
- "Buoyed in Great Days" – 10:36
Personnel
Songs
1Down to the Roots11:27
2Past the Roots6:04
3The Unsure of our Times9:10
References
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