music.wikisort.org - CompositionPoint of No Return is the debut album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Moers Music label in 1977.
1977 live album by World Saxophone Quartet
Point of No Return |
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Released | 1977 |
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Recorded | June 1977 |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 44:40 |
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Label | Moers Music |
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Producer | Burkhard Hennen |
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The album features a live performance by alto saxophonists Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake, tenor saxophonist David Murray and baritone saxophonist Hamiett Bluiett. It was recorded at the 6th International New Jazz Festival in Moers in June 1977.
Reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "In future years, World Saxophone Quartet would better temper their free solos with inventive writing, but this early set is pretty self-indulgent."[1]
Writer Gary Giddins commented: "little on... Point of No Return suggested serious absorption in exploring the potential of a renegade sax section (Murray's hurly-burly 'Scared Sheetless' pointedly fills most of the play time), and that little bit was by Hemphill, who always preferred group conception to workaday nightly improvisation."[4]
Todd S. Jenkins called the album "one of their most daunting documents," and described "Sacred Sheetless" as "a series of increasingly abrasive solos." He noted: "perhaps realizing that this approach was a little too overboard for their target audience, the men chose to temper their energy just a bit in future projects."[5]
Track listing
- "Dar el Sudan" (Hemphill) - 2:48
- "Bajou Scetches" (Bluiett) - 10:13
- "Point of No Return" (Hemphill) - 10:32
- "Sacred Sheetless" (Murray) - 24:26
- "Hymn for the Old Year" (Lake) - 3:38
Personnel
- Hamiet Bluiett — baritone saxophone
- Julius Hemphill — alto saxophone
- Oliver Lake — alto saxophone
- David Murray — tenor saxophone
References
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 17, 2011.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 210. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 1165.
- Giddins, Gary (1998). Visions of Jazz : The First Century. Oxford University Press. p. 548.
- Jenkins, Todd S. (2004). "World Saxophone Quartet". Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Greenwood Press. p. 384.
David Murray |
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. |
As leader or co-leader | |
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With James Blood Ulmer/Music Revelation Ensemble | |
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With the World Saxophone Quartet | |
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With others |
- Cold Sweat Plays J. B. (Craig Harris, 1988)
- Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette, 1979)
- Album Album (Jack DeJohnette, 1984)
- Live at Baker's Keyboard Lounge (James Carter, 2001)
- The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra, 1991)
- Love Outside of Dreams (Kahil El'Zabar, 1997)
- One World Family (Kahil El'Zabar, 2000)
- We Is (Kahil El'Zabar, 2000)
- Blues for Coltrane: A Tribute to John Coltrane (McCoy Tyner, 1984)
- 44th Street Suite (McCoy Tyner, 1991)
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