Vignettes is a solo album

Solo album

A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...

 by pianist Marilyn Crispell

Marilyn Crispell

Marilyn Crispell is an American jazz pianist and composer.-Biography:Crispell studied classical piano and composition at the New England Conservatory of Music. She has been a resident of Woodstock, NY since 1977 when she came to study and teach at Karl Berger's Creative Music Studio...

 recorded in 2007 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Vignettes is a remarkable and moving recording -- one that is timeless and honest, and communicates directly, literally, and poetically to the listener in a manner that is gentle yet pronounces its emotional weight without hesitation or self-consciousness".

Track listing

All compositions by Marilyn Crispell except as indicated

1. "Vignette I" - 2:19
2. "Valse Triste" - 2:59
3. "Cuida Tu Espíritu" (Jayna Nelson) - 7:47
4. "Gathering Light" - 5:54
5. "Vignettes II" - 2:29
6. "Vignette III" - 1:08
7. "Vignette IV" - 1:48
8. "Vignette V" - 1:36
9. "Sweden" - 7:04
10. "Once" - 3:55
11. "Axis" - 3:45
12. "Vignette VI" - 2:56
13. "Vignette VII" - 4:02
14. "Ballade" - 5:11
15. "Time Past" - 5:41
16. "Stilleweg" (Arve Henriksen
    Arve Henriksen
    Arve Henriksen is a Norwegian trumpet player, renowned for his distinctive, flute-like sound on the trumpet, inspired by the sound of the Japanese shakuhachi flute. He also sings; his unique wordless vocalising was central to Chiaroscuro, where he often sings in a soprano's range...
    
    ) - 6:18
17. "Little Song for My Father" - 3:21