Forensic (album)

Forensic is an album by German jazz saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, which was recorded in 2003 and released on the British F-IRE label, a musician-run company associated to the F-IRE Collective.

Forensic
Studio album by Ingrid Laubrock
Released	2005
Recorded	May 28, 2003
Studio	Curtis Schwartz Studios, Ardingly
Genre	Jazz
Length	66:37
Label	F-IRE
Producer	Ingrid Laubrock
Ingrid Laubrock chronology
Some Time (2001) Forensic (2005) Let's Call This... (2006)

Reception

The All About Jazz review by Chris May states "Mysterious, moody and close to the edge, Forensic plays like a new take on the noir tradition. It's astringent and shadowy, like you'd expect from noir, but it's also visceral, hot and exhilarating, like you probably wouldn't. A new noir for a new world disorder."[1]

In a review for The Guardian, John Fordham says "Some of the music is spookily dark and sepulchral, some of it delicately eccentric, some spun as slowly and symmetrically as a web, and the cello of Ben Davis is a constant source of both fresh melody and subtle timbres."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ingrid Laubrock except 5, 8 & 10 which are free improvisations

1. "Forensic Experts" – 4:00
2. "Stone Lions" – 7:20
3. "Monologue Man Pt I" – 2:01
4. "Monologue Man Pt II" – 8:38
5. "Us" – 4:49
6. "Forensic" – 8:16
7. "Clara" – 5:14
8. "Stringding" – 6:06
9. "Mirrors" – 7:45
10. "BLT" – 12:28

Personnel

• Ingrid Laubrock – soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, vocal on 10
• Karim Merchant – piano
• Ben Davis – cello
• Larry Bartley – double bass
• Tom Skinner – drums, bells
• Julian Siegel – bass clarinet on 4

References

1. May, Chris. Forensic review at All About Jazz
2. Fordham, John. Forensic review at The Guardian