A unique record for Riley, where he collaborates with and writes expressly for the Kronos Quartet, composing several string quartets with his signature minimalist approach incorporating jazz and exotic melodies and large improvised passages. The first album is made up
of 3 shorter pieces "Sunrise
Of The Planetary Dream Collector", "G Song" and "Mythic Birds Waltz", while "Cadenza On The Night Plain" encompasses both s
ides of record 2, and goes through quite a few different movements, including "Where Was Wisdom When We Went West?", "
March Of The Old Timers Reefer Division", "Tuning To Rolling Thunder", "The Night Cry
Of Black Buffalo Woman", "Gathering
Of The Spiral Clan" and "Captain Jack Has The Last Word".
(Out Sound, Classical)