George Russell
New York Big Band
Soul Note (Italy) 1982
SN 1039 (LP)
sleeve : EX(wear on one corner)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise. some very slightly hairlines that does not affect to sounds)
Released in 1982, this album is by American composer/pianist George Russell, who had been active since the 1950s and whose work ranged widely from solo pieces to jazz orchestra settings. Russell also made a lasting impact far beyond the jazz world through his Lydian Chromatic Concept, a music theory system for harmony and improvisation. The album features performances by the 18-piece New York Big Band, including Terumasa Hino, Stanley Cowell, Warren Smith, Cameron Brown, Ricky Ford, and John Clark. It is a superb work filled with gorgeous, emotionally charged big band jazz, but the highlights are especially B1, an Afro-Cuban jazz piece recorded in Sweden in 1977 by the Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra — featuring Swedish jazz musicians such as Lennart Åberg, Bernt Rosengren, and Lars Beijbom, joined by percussionist Sabu Martinez — and B3, a gospel-jazz number featuring the soulful vocals of Lee Genesis.
B1: Cubano Be, Cubano Bop
B3: God Bless The Chiled