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2002 studio album by Fieldwork
Your Life Flashes
Studio album by Fieldwork
Released2002
RecordedMarch 27, 2002
StudioSorcerer Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length50:01
LabelPi Recordings
ProducerFieldwork
Vijay Iyer chronology
Panoptic Modes
(2001) 		Your Life Flashes
(2002) 		In What Language?
(2003)

Your Life Flashes is the debut album by Fieldwork, a collective trio consisting of Aaron Stewart on tenor saxophone, Vijay Iyer on piano, and Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums, which was recorded in 2002 and released on Pi Recordings.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Tom HullA–
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

In his review for AllMusic, David R. Adler states, "Like much of what Iyer creates under his own name, this music has the distinction of being toe-tappingly accessible and yet, on a technical level, nearly incomprehensible. It is a highly specialized language, to be sure, but also an endlessly refreshing one."

The JazzTimes review by Aaron Steinberg suggests, "Fieldwork's musicians have absorbed the highly rhythmic, dryly funky style that came out of the M-Base school and have adapted it to a cutting modern acoustic jazz setting. What sets Fieldwork apart, however, is the trio’s fervent and unwavering embrace of rhythm and attack."

The All About Jazz review by Dan McLenaghan states, "Your Life Flashes sounds foreign and familiar and avant-garde and mainstream all at the same time."

Track listing

All compositions by Vijay Iyer except where noted.

  1. "In Medias Res" – 6:03
  2. "Accumulated Gestures" – 5:43
  3. "Sublimination" (Aaron Stewart) – 4:37
  4. "Generations" – 5:49
  5. "Mosaic" (Aaron Stewart) – 4:51
  6. "Sympathy" – 4:21
  7. "Step Lively" – 2:53
  8. "Horoscape" – 4:51
  9. "The Inner World" – 5:29
  10. "Path of Action (for Horace Tapscott)" – 5:24

Personnel

References

  1. Your Life Flashes on Pi Recordings
  2. ^ Adler, David R.. Fieldwork – Your Life Flashes: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  3. Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: Vijay Iyer". tomhull.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 751. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Steinberg, Aaron. Your Life Flashes review at JazzTimes
  6. McLenaghan, Dan. Your Life Flashes review at All About Jazz
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