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Released
  
1980

Length
  
44:16

Release date
  
1980

Label
  
Soul Note

Recorded
  
August 29, 1980

Artist
  
Tom Varner

Producer
  
Tom Varner

Genre
  
Jazz

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Tom Varner Quartet is the debut album by American jazz French horn player and composer Tom Varner recorded in 1980 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Tom Varner turned heads and opened eyes on the jazz scene in the early '80s. There weren't, and still aren't, many French horn players who improvise and play with the facility he demonstrated on this 1980 session".

Track listing

All compositions written and arranged by Tom Varner
  1. "The Otter" - 7:43
  2. "Radiator" - 8:26
  3. "12 12" - 7:39
  4. "TV TV" - 10:05
  5. "Heaps" - 10:28
  • Recorded at Sorcerer Sound in New York City on August 29, 1980

    • Personnel

  • Tom Varner - French horn
  • Ed Jackson - alto saxophone
  • Fred Hopkins - bass
  • Billy Hart - drums

    • Songs

    1The OtterTom Varner Quartet7:37
    2RadiatorTom Varner Quartet8:18
    312 12Tom Varner Quartet7:32

    References

    Tom Varner Quartet Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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