Scott Fields

One year after "Kintsugi" and shortly after the double CD "Haydn" , a third CD by the Scott Fields String Feartet is being released on Between The Lines.

Contrary to its direct predecessor, there is no explicit reference to classical composers anymore. Scott Fields' guitar also takes up more space, even though it is a special feature of "Feartet" that the ensemble playing is in the foreground. Despite all specifications with respect to the compositions and detailed arrangements, the leeway for improvising can be heard in all instruments all the time.

Freely created lines of individual musicians cross almost unnoticed with the composed parts. Fields succeeds in creating a perfect symbiosis of both parts such as is seldom heard. The "master juggler between improvised jazz and new music" (jazzpodium, May 2014) presents six "comprovisation" on Mostly Stick, from which the majority also easily surpass the 10-minute limit. He titles them again with subtle humor: "Carolina Reaper" refers to the hottest chilli variety in the world, "Hello to Jason Isaacs" refers to the British actor who became know through Harry Potter films and "Schmatta" is a word from Yiddish which means "rags" (in the sense of inferior clothes) that has entered everyday speech in the USA.

PERSONNEL:

• Elisabeth Fügemann - (cello)
• Scott Fields - (guitar)
• Viola – Radek Stawarz - (viola)
• Violin – Axel Lindner - (violin)

Recorded at Topaz Studios, Cologne, Germany, April 4 and 5, 2014

TRACKS:

• 01 Hello To Jason Isaacs
• 02 Blubberer
• 03 Rollover Nosebrain
• 04 Äpken
• 05 Schmatta
• 06 Carolina Reaper