Artist: The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra
Album: The Hearinga Suite
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz
Label: Black Saint
Released: 1989
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Hearinga (Abrams) - 5:12
- Conversations with the Three of Me (Abrams) - 5:45
- Seesall (Abrams) - 5:28
- Aura of Thought - Things (Abrams) - 4:36
- Oldfotalk (Abrams) - 6:44
- Finditnow (Abrams) - 6:27
- Bermix (Abrams) - 6:56
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- Personnel:
- Ron Tooley, Jack Walrath, Cecil Bridgewater, Frank Gordon - trumpet
- Clifton Anderson, Dick Griffin - trombone
- Jack Jeffers, Bill Lowe - bass trombone
- John Purcell - flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Marty Ehrlich - piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone
- Patience Higgins - bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Courtnay Winter - bassoon, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Charles Davis - baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Diedre Murray - cello
- Fred Hopkins - bass
- Warren Smith - glockenspiel, vibes, percussion
- Andrew Cyrille - drums
- Muhal Richard Abrams - conductor, synthesizer, piano
Pianist Muhal Richard Abrams leads an 18-piece orchestra on his seven originals that make up the Hearinga Suite. Much of the music is quite adventurous, although "Oldfotalk" is fairly conventional. Although the personnel includes such fine players as trumpeters Jack Walrath and Cecil Bridgewater and saxophonists John Purcell and Marty Ehrlich, the emphasis is on group interplay and the colorful arrangements. Throughout this very interesting set, Abrams shows how a big band can logically be utilized in freer forms of jazz.
Review by Scott Yanow