Lady of the Mirrors

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{{Infobox album

| name = Lady of the Mirrors

| type = Album

| artist = Anthony Davis

| cover = Lady of the Mirrors.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1980

| recorded = 1980

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 46:38

| label = India Navigation
IN 1047

| producer = India Navigation Co.

| chronology = Anthony Davis

| prev_title = Hidden Voices

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Under the Double Moon

| next_year = 1981

}}

Lady of the Mirrors is a solo album by pianist and composer Anthony Davis recorded in 1980 for the India Navigation label.Fitzgerald, M. & Ziegler, F., [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/indianav.htm India Navigation Records List], accessed November 2, 2015

Reception

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| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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In The Boston Phoenix, critic Bob Blumenthal wrote that Davis performs "with an elegance that has only been hinted at in the past."{{cite journal |last1=Blumenthal |first1=Bob |title=The Great Jazz Merger |journal=The Boston Phoenix |date=10 March 1981 |volume=10 |issue=10 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1981-03-10_10_10/page/n61/mode/1up |access-date=27 February 2024}} Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "in general the complex and often-fascinating music is quite original and has no obvious predecessor. Lady of the Mirrors is still one of Anthony Davis' finest piano recordings".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000265171 |title=Lady of the Mirrors – Review |accessdate=November 2, 2015}}

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Davis

  1. "Beyond Reason" - 6:25
  2. "Lady of the Mirrors" - 5:05
  3. "Five Moods from an English Garden" - 9:40
  4. "Under the Double Moon" - 12:15
  5. "Man on a Turquoise Cloud" - 6:15
  6. "Whose Life?" - 6:58 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References