Neutrons (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Neutrons

| type = album

| artist = DK3

| cover = Denison Kimball Trio - Neutrons.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1997|8|12}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1997|3}}

| venue =

| studio = Chicago Recording Company
{{small|(Chicago, IL)}}

| genre = Post-rock, avant-garde jazz

| length = 33:48

| label = Quarterstick

| producer = The Denison/Kimball Trio

| chronology = DK3

| prev_title = Soul Machine

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |first=Alain |last=Drouot |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000029816|pure_url=yes}}|title=Denison-Kimball Trio: Neutrons > Review |website=AllMusic |accessdate=March 24, 2013}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=393}}

}}

Neutrons is the second studio album by the jazz band DK3. It was released in 1997 through Quarterstick Records.{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Sprague |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=jesus_lizard |title=Jesus Lizard |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=March 24, 2013}}

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote that the album "has an urban, sometimes bleak film noir undertow... the frenetic free jazz interplay between all members of the combo lifts this CD a notch above previous outings."{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-08-01-9708010071-story.html|title=CHICAGO'S DK3 COMBINES FREE JAZZ AND UNDERGROUND ROCK|first=David|last=Rothschild|website=chicagotribune.com|date=August 1997 }} Ox-Fanzine called the album "dark, cacophonic city music for an imaginary city film."{{Cite web|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/dk3-neutrons-cd-24570|title=Review|website=www.ox-fanzine.de}} CMJ New Music Monthly wrote that Neutrons "has a consistent tension despite its dynamic range."{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Neutrons+dk3+1997&pg=PA38|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=October 13, 1997|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_music = The Denison/Kimball Trio, except "Neutrons" co-written by Jeff Lane and "Issa" co-written by Tom Bickley

| title1 = Downriver

| length1 = 4:15

| title2 = Landshark Pt.2

| length2 = 2:38

| title3 = Monte's Casino

| length3 = 4:17

| title4 = Heavy Water

| length4 = 6:32

| title5 = The Traveling Salesman

| length5 = 2:59

| title6 = Neutrons

| length6 = 5:37

| title7 = Issa

| length7 = 3:52

| title8 = Lullaby

| length8 = 3:38

}}

Personnel

Adapted from Neutrons liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Neutrons |others=The Denison/Kimball Trio |year=1997 |type=booklet |publisher=Quarterstick Records |location=Chicago, Illinois}}

;The Denison/Kimball Trio