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Sounds of Synanon

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Released
  
1961

Sounds of Synanon (1961)
  
Catch Me! (1964)

Release date
  
1961

Genres
  
Jazz, Bebop

Producer
  
Richard Bock

Artist
  
Joe Pass

Label
  
EMI Music Japan

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Recorded
  
1961 at Paciffic Jazz Studios in Hollywood, CA

Similar
  
Joe Pass albums, Bebop albums, Other albums

Sounds of Synanon is a jazz album released in 1961. It was recorded by patients of the Synanon drug rehabilitation program where guitarist Joe Pass was living due to his narcotic addiction.

Contents

It was reissued in 2002 with an additional bonus track by Toshiba-EMI Japan.

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Reception

Noted jazz critic Leonard Feather reviewed the album for the July 5, 1962 issue of Down Beat magazine and had this to say: "This album does more than merely present a group of good musicians, it unveils a star. In Pass Synanon and Pacific Jazz have discovered a major jazz talent..."

Track listing

  1. "C.E.D." (Joe Pass, Arnold Ross) – 3:14
  2. "Aaron's Song" (Dave Allan) – 4:30
  3. "Stay Loose" (Ross) – 4:22
  4. "Projections" (Greg Dykes) – 5:10
  5. "Hang Tough" (Pass) – 6:30
  6. "Self-Image" (Allan) – 9:06
  7. "Last Call for Coffee" (Ross) – 4:43
  8. "Blues" – 4:36

Personnel

  • Arnold Ross – piano
  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Dave Allan – trumpet
  • Greg Dykes – baritone horn
  • Ronald Clark – bass
  • Bill Crawford – drums
  • Candy Latson – bongos
  • Songs

    1CED3:14
    2Aaron's Song4:30
    3Stay Loose4:22

    References

    Sounds of Synanon Wikipedia