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- Record Label: Karlrecords
- Release Date: Mar 21, 2025
- Summary: The Great Learning Orchestra interpret the conceptual art Yoko Ono created in her 1964 book Grapefruit into 20 tracks.
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- Record Label: Karlrecords
- Genre(s): Experimental, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Conceptual Art
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Score distribution:
- Positive: 3 out of 4
- Mixed: 1 out of 4
- Negative: 0 out of 4
- The WireApr 18, 2025These recent realisations of Ono’s scores by that flexible collective sound remarkably current and fresh. [May 2025, p.53]
- Apr 18, 2025Selected Recordings from Grapefruit is heady and highly conceptual, but the Great Learning Orchestra does a good job of understanding the spirit of Ono's texts and honoring all of the loving kindness, curiosity, sprightliness, and righteous resistance of the book.
- UncutApr 18, 2025The Great Learning Orchestra approach Ono's instruction pieces with integrity and wit. [May 2025, p.35]
- MojoApr 18, 2025They range from the short and comic (Sweep Piece is the sound of producer Robin McGinley brushing a room for two minutes) to longer, studio-based ensemble performances that are often surprisingly beautiful. [May 2025, p.92]