We Are Not Obstinate Islands

We Are Not Obstinate Islands is an album by The Diplomats, a collective trio consisting of saxophonist Rob Brown, trombonist Steve Swell and drummer Harris Eisenstadt. It was recorded live in Rochester, New York in 2004 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. Swell played previously on Brown's album Radiant Pools.[1]

We Are Not Obstinate Islands
Live album by
The Diplomats
Released2006
RecordedOctober 29, 2004
VenueBob Shop, Rochester, New York
GenreJazz
Length47:27
LabelClean Feed
ProducerHarris Eisenstadt
Rob Brown chronology
Radiant Pools
(2005)		 We Are Not Obstinate Islands
(2006)		 Sounds
(2007)

Reception

In a double review for All About Jazz, Jeff Stockton states "The five tracks are neither overlong nor too far out and while the musicians are clearly listening to each other and keying off each other's cues, no single player grabs more than his fair share of the spotlight... The Diplomats make their case concisely, with few unnecessary embellishments."[2]

Track listing
All compositions by Brown/Eisenstadt/Swell
  1. "Down to the Roots" – 11:27
  2. "Past the Roots" – 6:04
  3. "The Unsure of Our Times" – 9:10
  4. "The Unsure of Our Answers" – 10:10
  5. "Buoyed in Great Days" – 10:36

Personnel

References
  1. We Are Not Obstinate Islands at Clean Feed
  2. Stockton, Jeff. We are Not Obstinate Islands review at All About Jazz
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