Book of Silk is the fourth album of Tin Hat Trio. It is a modern chamber music work, encompassing jazz in the Django and Grappelli vein with a haunting, acoustic soundscape that might have served as a film score.
Reception
Reviews were uniformly positive, with critics noting the more introspective and entirely instrumental turn, save for the closing lullaby. That final track, with lyrics by Mike Coykendall, was a response to the death of guitarist Mark Orton's wife Lauren in a rafting accident.
Track listing
- "The Longest Night" â 3:54 (Orton)
- "The Clandestine Adventures of Ms. Merz" â 2:20 (Burger)
- "Compay" â 4:52 (Kihlstedt)
- "Invisible Mobile " â 4:45 (Orton)
- "March of the Smallest Feet" (Kihlstedt) â 3:58 (Kihlstedt)
- "Hotel Aurora" â 3:38 (Orton)
- "Osborne Avenue" â 3:34 (Burger)
- "Elliott Carter Family" â 3:52 (Parkins / Tin Hat Trio)
- "Things That Might Have Been" â 4:26 (Burger)
- "Red Hook Stoop" â 4:48 (Burger)
- "Same Shirt, Different Day" â 1:55 (Burger)
- "Pablo Looks Back" â 1:09 (Kihlstedt)
- "Light Black from Pole to Pole" â 2:49 (Kihlstedt)
- "Lauren's Lullaby" â 4:12 (Orton)
- "Empire of Light" â 2:59 (Orton / Coykedndall [sic], arr. Orton)
Personnel
- Mark Orton â guitar, banjo, dobro
- Carla Kihlstedt â violin, viola, voice
- Rob Burger â accordion, piano, prepared piano, toy piano, field organ, celeste
- Bryan Smith â tuba, euphonium
- Zeena Parkins â harp
Song use
"March of the Smallest Feet" appeared on the documentary A Fierce Green Fire (2012).
"The Longest Night" was used as the background music for the flash game Tri-Achnid by Edmund McMillen.
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