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Fluid Rustle - One Of My Favorites

Rusty Lamont | Detroit | 02/19/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My tastes run widly through most genres of music though they merge quite handily in one album - Fluid Rustle. This album is a tasty stew of jazz, classical, a little fusion, some new age, some upbeat, and some experimental. If you have been disappointed with new age (too boring), found Kronos Quartet a bit too edgy, like your music to give you new ideas, and want a multi-purpose album for personal listening in all sorts of situations (driving, hiking, chilling), this is it. Don't plan on putting it on as background music during a gathering because it will become the topic of conversation."

Beautiful melancholy

Bluster Brown | Portland, OR USA | 02/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard this album 20 years ago, and the haunting lyricism of the Quiet Departures affects me as strongly today as it did back then, half a lifetime ago. The other tracks are fine, but the first alone is well worth the price of purchase."

Not one that sent me reeling...

M. Boyle | Huddersfield, Great Britain | 04/25/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Having read the above reviews, I was expecting to be knocked out by this album; instead it landed me a kid-gloves tap on the jaw. The lack of drums is not compensated for by the effete percussion work, and, oh, how the dexterity and edification of Bruninghaus's piano work are missed! The vocals,too,lend the tracks a too lightweight and pop-like feel.

Prior to purchasing Fluid Rustle, I had spent three weeks being propelled through the nuanced musical wonderland that is Silent Feet, so perhaps my disappointment was inevitable. Weber is undoutedly a modern-jazz heavyweight, and much of his work is spellbinding, but this particular effort doesn't pack too great a punch."