A Scarcity of Miracles

A Scarcity of Miracles
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 30, 2011
Genre
Length42:22
LabelDiscipline Global Mobile
ProducerRobert Fripp, Jakko Jakszyk
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazzpositive[1]
PopMatterspositive[2]

A Scarcity of Miracles is the lone album by Jakszyk, Fripp and Collins, released in 2011. It united singer and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk with three musicians best known from King Crimson, guitarist Robert Fripp, saxophonist Mel Collins and bassist/Chapman Stick player Tony Levin. Porcupine Tree member Gavin Harrison was featured on drums. Jakszyk and Harrison would go on to participate together in the next incarnation of King Crimson.

Presented as "a King Crimson ProjeKct" (or spin-off), the album started as a series of improvisations between Jakszyk and Fripp, with Collins adding his parts later. Levin and Harrison joined in near the end of the process, once Jakszyk had shaped the material into songs with fully formed melodies and lyrics.

  1. ^ Kelman, John (27 May 2011). "Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins: A Scarcity of Miracles". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. ^ Kozar, Ron (23 March 2012). "Robert Fripp: An Appreciation | PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.