Yellow Fields is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber recorded in September 1975 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features saxophonist Charlie Mariano, pianist Rainer Brüninghaus and drummer Jon Christensen.ECM discography accessed September 6, 2011
Reception The AllMusic review awarded the album four out of five stars.Allmusic Review accessed September 6, 2011
The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it the maximum four stars and placed it in their Core Collection, writing "Weber's masterpiece is essentially a period piece which nevertheless still seems modern. The sound of it is almost absurdly opulent: bass passages and swimming keyboard textures that reverberate from the speakers, chords that seem to hum with huge overtones. The keyboard textures in particular are of a kind that will probably never be heard on record again."Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, 7th ed. (Penguin, 2004: ).
Track listing
Personnel Eberhard Weber – double bass Charlie Mariano – soprano saxophone, shehnai, nagaswaram Rainer Brüninghaus – piano, synthesizer Jon Christensen – drums
Technical personnel
Manfred Eicher – producer Martin Wieland – engineer Maja Weber – cover Dieter Bonhorst – layout Gabi Winter – photography
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