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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[1]

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."[2]

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."[3]

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