Listen to the Silence
1973 live album by George Russell
Listen to the Silence | ||||
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Live album by George Russell | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | June 26, 1971 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:04 | |||
Label | Concept Records | |||
Producer | George Russell | |||
George Russell chronology | ||||
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Listen to the Silence is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1971 and released on the Concept label in 1973, featuring a performance by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, and Jon Christensen with vocal chorus.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
- All compositions by George Russell - Text Credits: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown, "The Mark" by Maurice Nicoll, "Duino Elegies" by Rainer Maria Rilke
- "Event I" - 6:31
- "Event II" - 8:19
- "Event III" - 16:18
- "Event IV" - 13:56
Personnel
- George Russell - timpani, arranger
- Stanton Davis - trumpet
- Jan Garbarek - tenor saxophone
- Terje Rypdal - electric guitar
- Webster Lewis - organ
- Bobo Stenson - electric piano
- Bjørnar Andresen - fender bass
- Arild Andersen - acoustic bass
- Jon Christensen - percussion
- Chorus of the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, Norway - Arnulv Hegstad, conductor
- Supplementally Chorus from the New England Conservatory
- Sue Auclair, Gailanne Cummings - soprano voice
- Joyce Gippo, Kay Dunlap - alto voice
- David Dusing, Ray Hardin - tenor voice
- Don Kendrick, Don Hovey, Dan Windham - bass voice
References
- ^ George Russell discography accessed 10 November 2009.
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene (2011). "Listen to the Silence - George Russell". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 174. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1250. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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George Russell
- The Jazz Workshop (1956)
- New York, N.Y. (1958–59)
- Jazz in the Space Age (1960)
- George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot (1960)
- Stratusphunk (1961)
- Ezz-thetics (1961)
- George Russell Sextet in K.C. (1961)
- The Outer View (1962)
- The Stratus Seekers (1962)
- George Russell Sextet Live in Breman and Paris 1964 (1964)
- George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (1965)
- The Essence of George Russell (1966–67)
- Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (1968)
- Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1969–80)
- Trip to Prillarguri (1970)
- Listen to the Silence (1971)
- Living Time (and Bill Evans, 1972)
- New York Big Band (1977–78)
- Vertical Form VI (1977)
- Live in an American Time Spiral (1982)
- The African Game (1983)
- So What (1983)
- The London Concert (1989)
- It's About Time (1996)
- The 80th Birthday Concert (2003)
- Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization (published 1953)