The Fields (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = The Fields
| type = Studio
| artist = Glenn Spearman
| cover = The_Fields_Spearman_cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 1996
| recorded = November 15–16, 1994
| venue =
| studio = Bay Studios, Berkeley, California
| genre = Jazz
| length = 76:31
| label = Black Saint
| producer = Don Paul, Larry Ochs
| chronology = Glenn Spearman
| prev_title = Smokehouse
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Surya: Stretching the Edge
| next_year = 1996
}}
The Fields is the third album by the American jazz saxophonist Glenn Spearman Double Trio, recorded in 1994 and released on the Italian Black Saint label.[http://www.bb10k.com/SPEARMAN.disc.html Glenn Spearman discography by Rick Lopez]
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-fields-mw0000185277 |title=Glenn Spearman: The Fields |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 22, 2022}}
}}
The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "[t]he supporting cast is strong and supportive, though very often the band seem to be playing set charts while the two horns duel in the foreground."{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|edition = 6th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2002|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 0140515216|pages = 1371}}
Track listing
All compositions by Spearman except where noted
- "Melts" (Ochs) – 15:11
- "Fields Before the Ram" – 12:39
- "Hot" – 3:39
- "Stepping Out" – 9:39
- "Extrapolation of the Inevitable" – 8:59
- "Just There" (Ochs) – 5:13
- "Sound Section" – 21:11
Personnel
- Glenn Spearman – tenor sax
- Larry Ochs – tenor sax, sopranino sax
- William Winant – drums, tympani
- Donald Robinson – drums
- Chris Brown – piano
- Lisle Ellis – double bass
References
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