The October Suite

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Released January 1967 Release date 15 June 1966 Label Impulse! Records		Length 38:42 Producer Bob Thiele Genre Jazz

Recorded October 14 and November 1, 1966New York City The October Suite(1966) Soft Samba Strings(1966) The October Suite(1966) Watch What Happens!(1968) Artists Steve Kuhn, Gary McFarland Similar Gary McFarland albums, Jazz albums

The October Suite is an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn and composer/arranger/conductor Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is an anomaly in the Impulse catalog of the time in that it did not pursue the free jazz realms with the vengeance that most of the label's other acts did during that year".

Track listing

All compositions by Gary McFarland

"Remember When" - 4:52
"St. Tropez Shuffle" - 6:22
"One I Could Have Loved" - 7:13
"Traffic Patterns" - 7:38
"Childhood Dreams" - 6:34
"Open Highway" - 6:03

Recorded on October 14, 1966 (tracks 1-3) and November 1, 1966 (4-6).

Personnel

Steve Kuhn - piano

Gary McFarland – arranger, conductor

Isadore Cohen, Matthew Raimondi - violin (tracks 1-3)

Al Brown - viola (tracks 1-3)

Charles McCracken - cello (tracks 1-3)

Don Ashworth, Joe Firrantello (aka Joe Farrell), Irving Horowitz, Gerald Sanfino - woodwinds (tracks 4-6)

Corky Hale - harp (tracks 4-6)

Ron Carter - bass

Marty Morell – drums

Songs

1One I Could Have Loved (Theme From 13)4:49
2St Tropez Shuffle6:19
3Remember When7:10

References

The October Suite Wikipedia

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