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Sparks Fly Upward

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Download links and information about Sparks Fly Upward by Alex Cline Ensemble. This album was released in 1999 and it belongs to Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Alternative genres. It contains 6 tracks with total duration of 01:14:17 minutes.

Artist: Alex Cline Ensemble
Release date: 1999
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Alternative
Tracks: 6
Duration: 01:14:17
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Rose Window 11:24
2. Pieces Of A Mirror 9:56
3. Sparks Fly Upward 31:06
4. Arroyo Taiko 2:22
5. Audacity 9:27
6. Sonnet 9 10:02

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On the opening "Rose Window," the mysterious, angelic voices of violins appear to call to the seeking, entreating human voice of Aina Kemanis. Alex Cline, who has Charlie Haden, Charles Lloyd, and John Carter on his resumé, plays percussion and kantele (Finnish board zither) on this album. On the impressionistic "Pieces of a Mirror," we hear his free jazz techniques successfully creating the sonic image of shattering glass. After the title track and two more pieces, Kemanis closes the album with "Sonnet 9," Rainer Maria Rilke's vivid poem on the eternal theme that the knowledge of death gives purpose to life. Sparks Fly Upward is a collection of jazz-tone poems rich in fatalistic imagery and sophisticated sounds led by Cline and bassist Mike Elizondo.