Awakening (Sonny Fortune album)

1975 studio album by Sonny Fortune

Awakening

Studio album by

Sonny Fortune

Released| 1975
Recorded| August 28 and September 8–9, 1975
Studio| Plaza Sound Studios and Sound Ideas, New York City
Genre| Straight-ahead jazz, hard bop, modal jazz
Length| 40:33
Label| Horizon
Producer| Ed Michel
Sonny Fortune chronology
| Long Before Our Mothers Cried
(1974)  | Awakening
(1975)  | Waves of Dreams
(1976)

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Awakening is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Fortune recorded in 1975 and released on the Horizon label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]
The Village Voice| A−[4]

In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said while Awakening featured nothing innovative, it did showcase Fortune's knack for "great synthesis", including "shades of hard bop and late-'50s Miles in a more modal setting, so lyrical and tough-minded that the 12-minute flute-and-congas thing (the title cut, wouldn't you know) becomes quite credible, even listenable."[4] Vincent Thomas for AllMusic calls the album "an adequate set of mostly straight-ahead jazz, which sets it apart from many of his fusion-venturing peers of the '70s".[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Sonny Fortune except where noted.

1. "Triple Threat" (Rodgers Grant) - 10:27
2. "Nommo" (Jymie Merritt) - 9:38
3. "Sunshower" (Kenny Barron) - 5:14
4. "For Duke and Cannon" - 2:58
5. "Awakening" - 12:16

## Personnel

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* Sonny Fortune \- alto saxophone, flute, cowbell, chimes, claves, shaker, percussion
* Charles Sullivan \- trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1 & 5)
* Kenny Barron \- piano, electric piano (tracks 1-3 & 5)
* John Hicks \- piano (track 4)
* Wayne Dockery (track 1 & 3-5), Reggie Workman (track 2) - bass
* Billy Hart (tracks 1-3 & 5), Chip Lyle (track 4) - drums
* Angel Allende - congas, percussion (tracks 2 & 5)

## References

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1. ^ Sonny Fortune discography[usurped] accessed February 2, 2015
2. ^ a b Thomas, V., Allmusic Review accessed February 2, 2015
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 79\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (February 2, 1976). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 29, 2016.

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Sonny Fortune

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Albums|

* Long Before Our Mothers Cried (1974)
* Awakening (1975)
* Waves of Dreams (1976)
* Four in One (1994)
* A Better Understanding (1995)
* From Now On (1996)

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* t
* e

Kenny Barron

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
unless stated otherwise.

Albums

leader

co-leader|

* You Had Better Listen (with Jimmy Owens, 1967)
* Sunset to Dawn (1973)
* Peruvian Blue (1974)
* In Tandem (and Ted Dunbar, 1975)
* Lucifer (1975)
* Innocence (1978)
* Together (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
* Golden Lotus (1980)
* Kenny Barron at the Piano (1981)
* Imo Live (1982)
* Spiral (1982)
* Green Chimneys (1983–87)
* 1+1+1 (1984)
* Autumn in New York (1984)
* Landscape (1984)
* Scratch (1985)
* The Red Barron Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1986)
* Two as One (and Buster Williams, 1986)
* What If? (1986)
* Live at Fat Tuesdays (1988)
* Rhythm-a-Ning (and John Hicks, 1989)
* Invitation (1990)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten (1990)
* The Only One (1990)
* Confirmation (and Barry Harris, 1991)
* Lemuria-Seascape (1991)
* The Moment (1991)
* Quickstep (1991)
* Sambao (1992)
* Other Places (1993)
* Wanton Spirit (1994)
* Swamp Sally (and Mino Cinelu, 1995)
* Things Unseen (1995)
* Live at Bradley's (1996)
* Live at Bradley's II (1996)
* Night and the City (and Charlie Haden, 1996)
* Spirit Song (1999)
* Canta Brasil (2000)
* Freefall (and Regina Carter, 2000)
* Images (2003)
* Super Standard (2004)
* The Traveler (2007)
* Minor Blues (2009)
* Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights (2012)
* The Art of Conversation (and Dave Holland, 2014)
* Book of Intuition (2015)
* Concentric Circles (2018)
* Without Deception (and Dave Holland, 2020)
* The Source (2023)
* Beyond This Place (2024)

Member of
Sphere|

* Four in One (1982)
* Flight Path (1983)
* Sphere On Tour (1985)
* Pumpkin's Delight (1986)
* Four for All (1987)
* Bird Songs (1988)

With
Bill
Barron|

* Modern Windows (1961)
* The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961)
* Hot Line (1962)
* West Side Story Bossa Nova (1963)
* Jazz Caper (1978)
* Variations in Blue (1983)
* Live at Cobi's 2 (1985)
* The Next Plateau (1987)

With
Ron
Carter|

* Pastels (1976)
* Yellow & Green (1976)
* Peg Leg (1977)
* Piccolo (1977)
* A Song for You (1978)
* Pick 'Em (1978)
* New York Slick (1979)
* Patrão (1980)
* Super Strings (1981)
* So What? (1998)

With
Stan
Getz|

* Voyage (1986)
* Anniversary! (1987)
* Serenity (1987)
* Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions (1989)
* People Time: The Complete Recordings (1991)

With
Dizzy
Gillespie|

* Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
* Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1963)
* Something Old, Something New (1963)
* I/We Had a Ball (multiple leaders, 1964)
* Jambo Caribe (1964)
* The Cool World (1964)
* Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert (multiple leaders, 1965)
* The Melody Lingers On (1966)

With
Freddie
Hubbard|

* High Blues Pressure (1967)
* A Soul Experiment (1968–69)
* The Black Angel (1969)
* Sing Me a Song of Songmy (İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1970)
* Super Blue (1978)
* Outpost (1981)
* The Rose Tattoo (1983)

With
Yusef
Lateef|

* The Centaur and the Phoenix (arranger, 1960)
* The Gentle Giant (1970–71)
* Part of the Search (1971–73)
* Hush 'N' Thunder (1972)
* 10 Years Hence (1974)
* The Doctor Is In... and Out (1976)

With
James
Moody|

* Another Bag (1962)
* Comin' On Strong (1963)
* Moody and the Brass Figures (1966)
* The Blues and Other Colors (1968–69)
* Feelin' It Together (1973)

With
Buddy
Rich|

* The Last Blues Album Volume 1 (1974)
* Transition (and Lionel Hampton, 1974)
* Very Live at Buddy's Place (1974)
* Speak No Evil (released 1976)

With
others|

* Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Karrin Allyson, 2015)
* Live at the Blue Note (Franco Ambrosetti, 1992)
* Mustang (Curtis Amy, 1967)
* Old Bottles - New Wine (Ray Anderson, 1985)
* The Best Thing for You (Chet Baker, 1977)
* You Can't Go Home Again (Chet Baker, 1977)
* Studio Trieste (Chet Baker and Hubert Laws, 1982)
* Bad Benson (George Benson, 1974)
* Code Red (Cindy Blackman, 1990)
* The Oracle (Cindy Blackman, 1995)
* Shining Hour (Larry Coryell, 1989)
* Quicksand (Ted Curson, 1974)
* Continuum (Ray Drummond, 1994)
* Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
* Tex Book Tenor (Booker Ervin, 1968)
* All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, 1989)
* Awakening (Sonny Fortune, 1975)
* Two for the Blues (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1983)
* Frankly Speaking (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1984)
* Tiger in the Rain (Michael Franks, 1978)
* Man & Woman (George Freeman, 1974)
* Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Jim Hall, 1996)
* Light and Lively (Louis Hayes, 1989)
* Una Max (Louis Hayes, 1989)
* The Gap Sealer (Albert Heath, 1972)
* Kwanza (The First) (Jimmy Heath, 1973)
* Now! (Bobby Hutcherson, 1969)
* In the Vanguard (Bobby Hutcherson, 1986)
* New Agenda (Elvin Jones, 1975)
* Time Capsule (Elvin Jones, 1977)
* The Bassist! (Sam Jones, 1979)
* We're Goin' Up (Eric Kloss, 1967)
* Jazz Nocturne (Lee Konitz, 1992)
* Number Two Express (Christian McBride, 1995)
* Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill, 1995)
* Never Never Land (Jane Monheit, 2000)
* Peace and Rhythm (Idris Muhammad, 1971)
* A Time for Love (Arturo Sandoval, 2010)
* This Bud's for You... (Bud Shank, 1984)
* Solid (Woody Shaw, 1986)
* Kamau (Charles Sullivan, 1995)
* Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
* A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
* Jazz French Horn (Tom Varner, 1985)
* Listen Here (Roseanna Vitro, 1982)
* Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967)
* Two at the Top (Frank Wess and Johnny Coles, 1983)
* New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)

Discography

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John Hicks

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
unless stated otherwise.

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* Hells Bells (1975)
* Steadfast (1975)
* After the Morning (West 54, 1979)
* Some Other Time (1981)
* John Hicks (1982)
* In Concert (1984)
* Inc. 1 (1985)
* Luminous (and Elise Wood, 1985–88)
* Two of a Kind (and Ray Drummond, 1986–87)
* I'll Give You Something to Remember Me By (1987)
* East Side Blues (1988)
* Naima's Love Song (1988)
* Oleo (New York Unit, 1989)
* Rhythm-a-Ning (and Kenny Barron, 1989)
* Blue Bossa (New York Unit, 1990)
* Is That So? (1990)
* Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Seven (1990)
* Power Trio (1990)
* St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors (1991)
* Tribute to George Adams (1991–92)
* After the Morning (Dominic Sciscente Music, 1992)
* Blues March: Portrait of Art Blakey (1992)
* Crazy for You (1992)
* Friends Old and New (1992)
* Moanin': Portrait of Art Blakey (1992)
* Now's the Time (New York Unit, 1992)
* Over the Rainbow (New York Unit, 1992)
* Single Petal of a Rose (1992)
* The Missouri Connection (and Jay McShann, 1992)
* Beyond Expectations (1993)
* Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (1993)
* Akari (New York Unit, 1994)
* Duality (and Peter Leitch, 1994)
* Gentle Rain (1994)
* In the Mix (1994)
* Heart Beats (Keystone Trio, 1995)
* Piece for My Peace (1995)
* Cry Me a River (1997)
* Newklear Music (Keystone Trio, 1997)
* Nightwind: An Erroll Garner Songbook (1997)
* Something to Live For: A Billy Strayhorn Songbook (1997)
* Trio + Strings (1997)
* Hicks Time (released 1998)
* Impressions of Mary Lou (1998)
* Beautiful Friendship (and Elise Wood, 2000)
* Music in the Key of Clark (2001)
* Fatha's Day: An Earl Hines Songbook (2003)
* Twogether (with Frank Morgan, 2005–6)
* I Remember You (2006)
* On the Wings of an Eagle (2006)
* Sweet Love of Mine (2006)

With
Art
Blakey|

* 'S Make It (and The Jazz Messengers, 1964)
* Soul Finger (and The Jazz Messengers, 1965)
* Hold On, I'm Coming (1966)
* Child's Dance (and The Jazz Messengers, 1972)

With
Arthur
Blythe|

* Illusions (1980)
* Blythe Spirit (1981)
* Blythe Byte (2001)
* Exhale (2002)

With
David
Murray|

* Morning Song (1983)
* Sketches of Tokyo (co-led, 1985)
* I Want to Talk About You (1986)
* Ming's Samba (1988)
* Ballads for Bass Clarinet (1991)
* David Murray/James Newton Quintet (1991)
* Fast Life (1991)
* MX (1992)
* For Aunt Louise (1993)
* Jazzosaurus Rex (1993)
* Love and Sorrow (1993)
* Saxmen (1993)
* Like a Kiss that Never Ends (2000)

With
Pharoah
Sanders|

* Journey to the One (1979)
* Pharoah Sanders Live... (1981)
* Rejoice (1981)
* Africa (1987)
* A Prayer Before Dawn (1987)

With
others|

* Solid! (Eric Alexander, 1998)
* Sunday in New York (Eric Alexander, 2005)
* Eby (Hamiet Bluiett, 1984)
* Fast Last! (Lester Bowie, 1974)
* Now It's My Turn (Betty Carter, 1976)
* The Audience with Betty Carter (1979)
* It's Not About the Melody (Betty Carter, 1992)
* Gardenias for Lady Day (James Carter, 2003)
* The Bassist: Homage to Diversity (Richard Davis, released 2001)
* Structurally Sound (Booker Ervin, 1966)
* Flying Colors (Ricky Ford, 1980)
* Interpretations (Ricky Ford, 1982)
* Awakening (Sonny Fortune, 1985)
* The Outside Within (Chico Freeman, 1978)
* Spirit Sensitive (Chico Freeman, 1978–79)
* Habana (Roy Hargrove, 1997)
* Again and Again (Oliver Lake, 1991)
* 52nd Street Themes (Joe Lovano, 1999)
* On This Day ... Live at The Vanguard (Joe Lovano, 2002)
* Streams of Expression (Joe Lovano, 2005)
* Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
* Taru (Lee Morgan, 1968)
* Staying on the Watch (Sonny Simmons, 1966)
* Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (Charles Tolliver, 1972)
* Love Remains (Bobby Watson, 1986)

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