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Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature

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Released
  
1969 / 1980

Release date
  
28 April 1969

Genre
  
Avant-garde jazz

Artist
  
George Russell

Label
  
Flying Dutchman

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Recorded
  
April 28, 1969 (1968 Version) June 9 & 10 1980 (1980 Version)

Length
  
51:49 (1968 Version) 48:13 (1980 Version)

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1969)
  
Trip to Prillarguri (1970)

Songs
  
Part 1 (Events I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII), Part 2 (Events VIII, IX X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV)

Similar
  
George Russell albums, Avant-garde jazz albums, Other albums

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature is a work by jazz arranger George Russell originally written in 1968 and first recorded in concert in Norway on April 28, 1969 and released on the Flying Dutchman label. The 1969 recording featured Russell with Jan Garbarek, Manfred Schoof, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen, and Red Mitchell and was subsequently rereleased on Strata-East Records on LP in 1974.

Contents

Russell revisited the piece in 1980 with Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Victor Comer, Keith Copeland, Robert Moore and Lew Soloff. It was released on the Italian Soul Note label as an LP in 1980 and CD in 1985.

George russell electronic sonata for souls loved by nature part2


Track listing

1969 Version

  1. "Events 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" - 25:36
  2. "Events 8-9-10-11-12-13-14" - 26:13

1980 Version

  1. "Events 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" - 23:45
  2. "Events 8-9-10-11-12-13-14" - 24:28

1969 recording

  • Jan Garbarek: tenor saxophone
  • Manfred Schoof: trumpet
  • Terje Rypdal: electric guitar
  • Jon Christensen: drums
  • Red Mitchell: bass
  • George Russell: piano
  • Recorded live at the Sonja Henie/Neils Onstad Center Oslo April 1969

    1980 recording

  • Jean-François Jenny-Clark: bass
  • Victor Comer: guitar
  • Keith Copeland: percussion
  • Robert Moore: saxophones
  • Lew Soloff: trumpet
  • George Russell: piano, organ
  • Recorded June 9 & 10, 1980 at Barigozzi Studio, Milan

    References

    Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature Wikipedia