Reception
Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated, "Jane Ira Bloom is teamed with pianist Fred Hersch in a quartet that explores a variety of melodic material in unexpected ways. Bloom, one of the top soprano saxophonists around and a creative user of electronics, has a fairly original tone and her improvisations are consistently full of surprises."[1] A reviewer of The Crisis wrote, "Simplicity is her strong suit. The sound which she calls "jazz without a safety net" is so pleasant and comfortable that even non-jazz lovers are warming to it."[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jane Ira Bloom except track 2 written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and track 7 written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin.
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1. | "Mighty Lights" | 4:51 |
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2. | "Gershwin's Skyline / I Loves You Porgy" | 5:28 |
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3. | "Blues on Mars" | 4:02 |
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4. | "Slalom" | 4:25 |
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5. | "Ice Dancing (For Torvill and Dean)" | 3:34 |
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6. | "Drums Like Dancing" | 4:41 |
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7. | "If I Should Lose You" | 3:45 |
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8. | "Light Years Away" | 4:19 |
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9. | "Painting Over Paris" | 4:58 |
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10. | "Miro" | 4:31 |
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11. | "Mighty Lights II" | 1:58 |
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Total length: | 46:36 |
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