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Hal's Bells

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Released
  
1992

Artist
  
Hal Russell

Producer
  
Steve Lake

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
52:58

Release date
  
1992

Label
  
ECM Records

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Recorded
  
May 1992 at Rainbow Studio, Oslo

Hal's Bells(1992)
  
The Hal Russell Story(1993)

Similar
  
The Finnish/Swiss Tour, The Hal Russell Story, Elixir, NRG Ensemble, Albert's Lullaby

Hal's Bells is an album by American avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Hal Russell recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label in 1992.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Although Russell died soon after recording this, there's no sense of desperation on this record; instead there is pure joy, the silly seriousness that Russell brought to all of his recordings".

Track listing

All compositions by Hal Russell except as indicated

  1. "Buddhi" - 4:13
  2. "Millard Mottker" - 6:48
  3. "Portrait of Benny" - 4:01
  4. "Strangest Kiss" - 5:03
  5. "Susanna" - 4:47
  6. "Carolina Moon" (John Pennington) - 6:31
  7. "Kenny G." - 6:21
  8. "I Need You Now" - 4:38
  9. "For Free" - 6:33
  10. "Moon of Manakoora" (Alfred Newman, Frank Loesser) - 4:03

Personnel

  • Hal Russell - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, trumpet, musette, vibraphone, drums, bass marimba, congas, gongs, bells, percussion, voice

    • Songs

    1Buddhi4:14
    2Millard Mottker6:47
    3Portrait Of Benny4:02

    References

    Hal's Bells Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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