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Released
  
1983

Length
  
45:04

Release date
  
1983

Label
  
Concept Records

Recorded
  
June 26, 1971

Artist
  
George Russell

Producer
  
George Russell

Genre
  
Jazz

Listen to the Silence httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen118Lis

Songs
  
Listen to the Silence - Part One, Listen to the Silence - Part Two

Similar
  
George Russell albums, Jazz albums

Listen to the Silence is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1971 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1983, featuring a performance by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, and Jon Christensen with vocal chorus.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by George Russell - Text Credits: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown, "The Mark" by Maurice Nicoll, "Duino Elegies" by Rainer Maria Rilke
  1. "Event I" - 6:31
  2. "Event II" - 8:19
  3. "Event III" - 16:18
  4. "Event IV" - 13:56
  • Recorded the Kongsberg Church in Kongsberg, Norway on June 26, 1971.

    • Personnel

  • George Russell - timpani, arranger
  • Stanton Davis - trumpet
  • Jan Garbarek - tenor saxophone
  • Terje Rypdal - electric guitar
  • Webster Lewis - organ
  • Bobo Stenson - electric piano
  • Bjørnar Andresen - fender bass
  • Arild Andersen - acoustic bass
  • Jon Christensen - percussion
  • Chorus of the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, Norway - Arnulv Hegstad, conductor
  • Supplementally Chorus from the New England Conservatory
  • Sue Auclair, Gailanne Cummings - soprano voice
  • Joyce Gippo, Kay Dunlap - alto voice
  • David Dusing, Ray Hardin - tenor voice
  • Don Kendrick, Don Hovey, Dan Windham - bass voice

    • References

    Listen to the Silence Wikipedia
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