Too Close to the Pole
{{Infobox album
| name = Too Close to the Pole
| type = Album
| artist = Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast
| cover = Too Close to the Pole.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1996
| recorded = April 26–29, 1996
| venue =
| studio = Marweg EMI Studios, Cologne
| genre = Avant-garde Jazz
| length = 52:54
| label = Enja
9306
| producer = Bobby Previte
| chronology = Bobby Previte
| prev_title = Hue and Cry
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Euclid's Nightmare
| next_year = 1997
}}
Too Close to the Pole is an album by Bobby Previte's Weather Clear, Track Fast released on the Enja label in 1996.Roussel, P. [http://nyds-discographies.com/previte.htm Discography of Bobby Previte], accessed August 15, 2016[http://bobbyprevite.com/discography/ Bobby Previte discography], accessed August 15, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "it is the chance-taking spirit of the musicians and their performances as a whole that make this a memorable release well worth several listens".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id= mw0000093699 |title=Too Close to the Pole – Review |accessdate=August 15, 2016}}
Track listing
All compositions by Bobby Previte except where noted.
- "Too Close to the Pole" - 4:14
- "3 Minute Heels" - 13:00
- "The Countess' Bedroom: from the Opera "The Queen Of Spades"" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) - 8:22
- "Save the Cups" - 7:31
- "The Eleventh Hour" - 14:16
- "Too Close to the Pole" [Reprise] - 8:30
- "Untitled" - 16:02
Personnel
- Bobby Previte – drums, voice
- Lindsey Horner - electric bass, tin whistles, voice
- Andy Laster - baritone saxophone, clarinet, flute, voice
- Cuong Vu - trumpet, voice
- Jamie Saft - piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond organ, clavinet, voice
- Curtis Hasselbring - trombone, voice
- Andrew D'Angelo - alto saxophone, bass clarinet, voice
References
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