Marilyn Crispell Trio

Marilyn Crispell Trio: Storyteller

by AAJ Staff
April 22, 2004

At the same time Marilyn Crispell's music is flowing and lyrical, it's also wrapped in mystery and darkness. That combination served the pianist well on her two recent ECM trio records, Amaryllis (2001) and Nothing Ever Was, Anyway (1997), alongside bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian. Mark Helias steps in as bassist this time around, but the overall flavor of the music is much the same.

What leaps out right away--and persists through the course of the ...