New York Big Band
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New York Big Band is a live album
by George Russell released on the Italian Soul Note
label in 1982, featuring performances by Russell with his New York Big Band recorded in 1978 and one track with The Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra recorded in 1977 at the same concert that produced Vertical Form VI
. The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by George Russell released on the Italian Soul Note
Black Saint/Soul Note
Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian jazz independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.-History:...
label in 1982, featuring performances by Russell with his New York Big Band recorded in 1978 and one track with The Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra recorded in 1977 at the same concert that produced Vertical Form VI
Vertical Form VI
Vertical Form VI is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1977 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1981, featuring a performance by Russell with The Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra...
. The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.
Track listing
- All compositions by George Russell except as indicated
- "Living Time: Event V" - 10:47
- "Big City Blues" - 9:22
- "Listen to the Silence Part 1" - 4:32
- "Cubano Be, Cubano Bop" (Dizzy GillespieDizzy GillespieJohn Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
, Russell) - 10:25 - "Mystic Voices" (Stanton DavisStanton DavisStanton Davis, Jr. is an American jazz trumpeter and educator.Davis studied at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory , and served as program director for MIT's radio station from 1968-74. He received his master's in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University in 1983...
) - 5:56 - "God Bless the ChildGod Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)"God Bless the Child" is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. in 1939, first recorded on May 9, 1941 under the Okeh label.Holiday's version of the song was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in...
" (Arthur Herzog Jr.Arthur Herzog Jr.Arthur Herzog, Jr. was a songwriter most known for work with Billie Holiday. He co-wrote several jazz songs she popularized, including "Don't Explain" and "God Bless the Child".-External links:*[ All Music page]...
, Billie HolidayBillie HolidayBillie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...
) - 5:25 - "Listen to the Silence Part 2" - 3:57
- Recorded in Estrad, Sodertalje, Sweden on March 10, 1977 (track 4) and New York City on August 16, 1978 (tracks 1-3 & 5-7).
Personnel
- George Russell - conductor, arranger
- Stanley CowellStanley CowellStanley Cowell is an American jazz pianist and founder of the Strata-East Records label. He played with Roland Kirk while studying at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and later with Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Harold Land, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz...
- pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(track 1) - Goetz Tangerding - piano (tracks 2-3 & 5-7)
- Ricky Martinez - electric pianoElectric pianoAn electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
, organ - Warren SmithWarren Smith (jazz musician)Warren Smith is an American jazz percussionist.Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a musical family; his father played saxophone and clarinet with Noble Sissle and Jimmy Noone, and his mother was a harpist and pianist. He studied clarinet under his father from age four...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Cameron Brown - bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Mark Slifstein - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Babafumi Akunyon - congas (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Stanton DavisStanton DavisStanton Davis, Jr. is an American jazz trumpeter and educator.Davis studied at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory , and served as program director for MIT's radio station from 1968-74. He received his master's in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University in 1983...
, Terumasa HinoTerumasa Hinois a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York, Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn.-Biography:...
- trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Lew SoloffLew SoloffLew Soloff is a jazz trumpeter, composer and actor. He studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. He is likely best known for his work with Blood, Sweat & Tears from 1968 to 1973...
- trumpet, flugelhornFlugelhornThe flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - John ClarkJohn Clark (musician)John Clark is an American jazz horn player and composer.-Biography:John Clark was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Rochester, New York. His father was William H. Clark, a professor of German and dean of education at the University of Rochester, and his mother was Margaret Garmey. He and his four...
- french horn (tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Gary ValenteGary ValenteGary Valente is a notable jazz trombone player.Valente was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and studied at New England Conservatory of Music with John Coffey and Jaki Byard....
- tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Dave Taylor - bass trombone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Ricky FordRicky FordRicky Ford is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Ford was born in Boston and studied at the New England Conservatory. In 1974 he recorded with Gunther Schuller and then played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra under Mercer Ellington from 1974 to 1976...
, Roger Rosenberg - tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Marty EhrlichMarty EhrlichMarty Ehrlich is a multi-instrumentalist and is considered one of the leading figures in experimental or avant-garde jazz....
- alto saxophoneAlto saxophoneThe alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Carl Atkins - baritone saxophoneBaritone saxophoneThe baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" , is one of the largest and lowest pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece...
, bass clarinetBass clarinetThe bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) - Lee Genesis - vocals (track 2)
- Vlodek Gulgowski - piano, electric piano (track 4)
- Lars Beijbon - drums (track 4)
- Sabu MartinezSabu MartinezLouis "Sabu" Martinez was an American conguero and percussionist. A prominent player in the Cubop movement in the 1950s, Martinez appeared on many important recordings and live performances during that period...
- congas, vocals (track 4) - Lars-Urban Helje - bass (track 4)
- Rune Gustafsson - guitar (track 4)
- Americo Bellotto, Bertil Lövgren, Håken Nyquist, Jan AllanJan AllanJan Bertil Allan is a Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer. He is a winner of the Grammis awards, the Swedish equivalent to the Grammys. He has also composed for several films such as The Adventures of Picasso ....
- trumpet (track 4) - Lars Olofsson, Bengt Edvarsson, Jörgen JohanssonJörgen JohanssonJörgen Johansson was a Swedish Centre Party politician, member of the Riksdag since 2002.-References:...
- trombone (track 4) - Sven Larsson - bass trombone (track 4)
- Arne DomnerusArne DomnérusSven Arne Domnérus was a Swedish jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist, popularly nicknamed Dompan....
, Ian Uling - alto saxophone (track 4) - Lennart Åberg, Bernt RosengrenBernt RosengrenBernt Rosengren is a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. His recordings have earned him five Gyllene Skivan awards in Sweden.-Biography:...
- tenor saxophone (track 4) - Erik Nilsson - baritone saxophone