{{Infobox album | name = Fluid Rustle | type = Album | artist = Eberhard Weber | cover = Fluid Rustle.jpg | alt = | released = May 1979 | recorded = January 1979 | venue = | studio = Tonstudio Bauer<br>Ludwigsburg, West Germany | genre = Jazz | length = 38:52 | label = ECM 1137 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Eberhard Weber | prev_title = Silent Feet | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = Little Movements | next_year = 1980 }}
'''''Fluid Rustle''''' is an album by German double bassist and composer Eberhard Weber recorded in January 1979 and released on ECM May that same year. The quintet features guitarist Bill Frisell—his first recording for the label—vibraphonist Gary Burton, and singers Bonnie Herman and Norma Winstone.<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1137.php? ECM discography] accessed September 13, 2011</ref>
== Reception == The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[https://www.allmusic.com/album/fluid-rustle-r149946 Allmusic Review] accessed September 13, 2011</ref> ''DownBeat'' assigned the release 4 stars.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Zipkin |first=Michael |date=December 18, 1979 |title=Record Reviews. |journal=DownBeat |volume=46 |issue=18 |pages=46 |via=51}}</ref> Reviewer Michael Zipkin wrote the album "paints tone poems in cloudy, pastel hues with round, deliberate strokes . . . These compositions are more odysseys than melodies, roaming over ever changing landscapes that, for all their worship of texture and tonality, manage to surprise and delight as often as they wander".<ref name=":0" /> {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' | rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1477}}</ref> | rev3 = ''DownBeat'' | rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=":0" /> }}
==Track listing== ''All compositions by Eberhard Weber''
# "Quiet Departures" – 17:29 # "Fluid Rustle" – 7:28 # "A Pale Smile" – 9:13 # "Visible Thoughts" – 4:59
==Personnel== *Eberhard Weber – bass, percussion *Bill Frisell – guitar, balalaika *Gary Burton – vibraphone, marimba *Bonnie Herman, Norma Winstone – vocals
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Category:ECM Records albums Category:Eberhard Weber albums Category:1979 albums Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher