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Motility (album)

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Released
  
1977

Motility (1977)
  
Non-Fiction (1978)

Release date
  
1977

Label
  
ECM Records

Length
  
44:31

Artist
  
Steve Kuhn and Ecstasy

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
January 1977 Tonstduio Bauer, Ludwigsburg

Similar
  
Ecstasy, Playground, Trance

Motility is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn and his band Ecstasy recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is one of Steve Kuhn's more unusual studio sessions, which was recorded for ECM in 1977. At times, the pianist seems less like a post-bop musician and more like someone dabbling in new age music".

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Kuhn except as indicated.
  1. "The Rain Forest" - 6:13
  2. "Oceans in the Sky" - 5:07
  3. "Catherine" (Harvie Swartz) - 5:34
  4. "Bittersweet Passages" - 4:54
  5. "Deep Tango" - 7:27
  6. "Motility / The Child is Gone" - 7:21
  7. "A Danse for One" - 3:03
  8. "Places I've Never Been" (Swartz) - 4:52

Personnel

  • Steve Kuhn - piano
  • Steve Slagle - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
  • Harvie Swartz - bass
  • Michael Smith - drums

    • Songs

    1The Rain Forest6:15
    2Oceans in the Sky5:07
    3Catherine5:32

    References

    Motility (album) Wikipedia
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