The Bridge Between

by Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp String Quintet

Overview

Fusing the talents of Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn, and the California Guitar Trio, you'd be wrong to assume that The Bridge Between is a boring album of guitar aerobics for guitar enthusiasts. This is a wonderful piece of work. Its most dubious attribute is to sometimes descend into Sky (the Anglo-Australian outfit formed by John Williams, Francis Monkman etc) territory in its medieval harpsichord delivery ("Passacaglia," "Contrapunctus"). However "Kanon Power" and standouts "Bicycling to Afghanistan" and "Blockhead" are fretboard knitted excellence. Unfortunately, the latter two are separated by a five-minute downbeat -- "Blue" -- and the set is spoiled by a near-13-minute endgame "Threnody for Souls in Torment," which would be better placed elsewhere. None the less, you can always hit the stop button after "Passacaglia" or better, stick "Afghan" and "Blockhead" on repeat! ~ Kelvin Hayes

Product Details

Release Date:	08/15/1994
Label:	Discipline Global Mobile / Discipline
UPC:	0782284930326
Rank:	88557

Tracks

1. Kan-Non Power
2. Yamanashi Blues
3. Hope
4. Chromatic Fantasy
5. Contrapunctus
6. Bicycling to Afghanistan
7. Blue
8. Blockhead
9. Passacaglia
10. Threnody for Souls in Torment

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Robert Fripp String Quintet   Primary Artist
Robert Fripp   Primary Artist,Guitar
Bert Lams   Guitar (Acoustic)
Hideyo Moriya   Guitar (Acoustic)
Paul Richards   E-Bow,Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Trey Gunn   Stick,Vocals

Technical Credits

Trey Gunn   Arranger,Composer
Bert Lams   Arranger,Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
David Singleton   Engineer,Producer,Liner Notes
Robert Fripp   Composer,Liner Notes,Frippertronics
Robert Fripp String Quintet   Producer
Curt Golden   Composer
John Sinks   Composer,Coordination,Stage Manager,Assistant Engineer
Hideyo Moriya   Composer
Paul Richards   Composer