Awakening is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Fortune recorded in 1975 and released on the Horizon label.[1]

Awakening
Studio album by Sonny Fortune
Released	1975
Recorded	August 28 and September 8–9, 1975
Studio	Plaza Sound Studios and Sound Ideas, New York City
Genre	Straight-ahead jazz, hard bop, modal jazz
Length	40:33
Label	Horizon
Producer	Ed Michel
Sonny Fortune chronology
Long Before Our Mothers Cried (1974) Awakening (1975) Waves of Dreams (1976)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Village Voice	A−[4]

In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said while Awakening featured nothing innovative, it did showcase Fortune's knack for "great synthesis", including "shades of hard bop and late-'50s Miles in a more modal setting, so lyrical and tough-minded that the 12-minute flute-and-congas thing (the title cut, wouldn't you know) becomes quite credible, even listenable."[4] Vincent Thomas for AllMusic calls the album "an adequate set of mostly straight-ahead jazz, which sets it apart from many of his fusion-venturing peers of the '70s".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Fortune except where noted.

1. "Triple Threat" (Rodgers Grant) - 10:27
2. "Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) - 9:38
3. "Sunshower" (Kenny Barron) - 5:14
4. "For Duke and Cannon" - 2:58
5. "Awakening" - 12:16

Personnel

• Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone, flute, cowbell, chimes, claves, shaker, percussion
• Charles Sullivan - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 5)
• Kenny Barron - piano, electric piano (tracks 1-3 & 5)
• John Hicks - piano (track 4)
• Wayne Dockery (track 1 & 3-5), Reggie Workman (track 2) - bass
• Billy Hart (tracks 1-3 & 5), Chip Lyle (track 4) - drums
• Angel Allende - congas, percussion (tracks 2 & 5)

References