Skip to contentThe Lamp and the Star (1989) · Tastebuds
contemporary jazz, jazz · 50 min · 5 tracks · ECM Records
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cool
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Tracks
- 1A Blue Robe in the Distance16:07
- 2Eminence6:27
- 3Emerald Light7:27
- 4Altar Stone13:01
- 5Accepting the Chalice7:06
5 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- ECM Records
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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