Exotic Heartbreak is an album by the Frank Lowe Quintet recorded in 1981 and released on the Soul Note label.[1]

Exotic Heartbreak
Studio album by Frank Lowe Quintet
Released	1982
Recorded	October 22 & 23, 1981 Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:05
Label	Soul Note SN 1032
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Kenny Wheeler chronology
Skizoke (1981) Exotic Heartbreak (1982) Live from Soundscape (1982)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 4 stars, and commented: "Lowe's turn-of-the-decade band traded on raw finesse. There is nothing here... which swaps subtlety for power. And both should help dispel any notion of Lowe as an unsubtle roarer."[3]

Writing for The New York Times, Robert Palmer stated: "Exotic Heartbreak... is an affectionate update on the sort of tightly arranged hard-bop album that was a specialty of the Blue Note label from the mid-1950's through the mid-1960's. Frank Lowe has developed a thoughtfully muscular approach to the tenor saxophone that's exceptionally resourceful and personal, and his bandmates... are similarly animated by both an exploratory bent and a love for the hard-bop tradition. This is Mr. Lowe's finest album to date."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Frank Lowe except as indicated

1. "Perfection" (Ornette Coleman) - 7:51
2. "Close to the Soul" - 8:02
3. "Broadway Rhumba" - 3:24
4. "Addiction Ain't Fiction" - 6:56
5. "Exotic Heartbreak" - 8:18
6. "Be Prepared" - 5:34

Personnel

• Frank Lowe - tenor saxophone
• Butch Morris - cornet
• Amina Claudine Myers - piano
• Wilber Morris - bass
• Tim Pleasant - drums

References