- free improvisation, jazz
- 63 min
- 21 tracks
- Intakt Records
The Big Picture is a 2009 avant-garde jazz studio album by English guitarist and composer Fred Frith and the Swiss-based ARTE Quartett. It was recorded in January 2008 at Swiss Radio DRS2 in Zürich, Switzerland, and was released in 2009 by Intakt Records, together with Frith and the ARTE Quartett's first collaborative album, Still Urban, which was also recorded in January 2008 at Swiss Radio DRS2.
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Spare, grave, contemporary and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1The Big Picture Part 12:04
- 2The Big Picture Part 22:49
- 3The Big Picture Part 32:40
- 4The Big Picture Part 42:06
- 5The Big Picture Part 52:25
- 6The Big Picture Part 61:39
- 7Freedom in Fragments: Introduction: The Power of Prayer1:50
- 8Freedom in Fragments: Some Assembly Required1:45
- 9Freedom in Fragments: Hopscotch (For John Zorn)4:52
- 10Freedom in Fragments: Confess0:15
- 11Freedom in Fragments: Song and Dance4:20
- 12Freedom in Fragments: Void Where Prohibited2:31
- 13Freedom in Fragments: Rosali’s Song6:10
- 14Freedom in Fragments: Red Rag3:58
- 15Freedom in Fragments: Significant Restrictions Apply1:50
- 16Freedom in Fragments: Boyan’s Problem4:07
- 17Freedom in Fragments: Kick It3:48
- 18Freedom in Fragments: Nostalgia2:01
- 19Freedom in Fragments: Batteries Not Included1:44
- 20Freedom in Fragments: T. Square Park Lark (For Frank Zappa)8:32
- 21Freedom in Fragments: The Power of Prayer: Coda1:43
21 tracks, 63 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Fred Frith, Arte Quartett
- Label
- Intakt Records
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CH
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