New York Big Band

1982 live album by George Russell

New York Big Band

Live album by

George Russell

Released| 1982
Recorded| March 10, 1977 & August 16, 1978
Genre| Jazz
Length| 50:24
Label| Soul Note
Producer| George Russell
George Russell chronology
| Vertical Form VI
(1981)  | New York Big Band
(1982)  | Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature - 1980
(1980)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [3]

New York Big Band is a live album by George Russell released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1982, featuring performances by Russell with his New York Big Band recorded in 1978 and one track with The Swedish Radio Jazz Orchestra recorded in 1977 at the same concert that produced Vertical Form VI.[4]

## Reception

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The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by George Russell except as indicated

1. "Living Time: Event V" – 10:47
2. "Big City Blues" – 9:22
3. "Listen to the Silence Part 1" – 4:32
4. "Cubano Be, Cubano Bop" (Dizzy Gillespie, Russell) – 10:25
5. "Mystic Voices" (Stanton Davis) – 5:56
6. "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 5:25
7. "Listen to the Silence Part 2" – 3:57

* Recorded in Estrad, Sodertalje, Sweden on March 10, 1977 (track 4) and New York City on August 16, 1978 (tracks 1–3 & 5–7).

## Personnel

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* George Russell – conductor, arranger
* Stanley Cowell – piano (track 1)
* Goetz Tangerding – piano (tracks 2–3 & 5–7)
* Ricky Martinez – electric piano, organ
* Warren Smith – drums (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Cameron Brown – bass (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Mark Slifstein – guitar (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Babafumi Akunyon – congas (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Stanton Davis, Terumasa Hino – trumpet (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Lew Soloff – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* John Clark – french horn (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Gary Valente – trombone (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Dave Taylor – bass trombone (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Ricky Ford, Roger Rosenberg – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Marty Ehrlich – alto saxophone (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Carl Atkins – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 1–3 & 5–7)
* Lee Genesis – vocals (track 2)
* Vlodek Gulgowski – piano, electric piano (track 4)
* Lars Beijbon – drums (track 4)
* Sabu Martinez – congas, vocals (track 4)
* Lars-Urban Helje – bass (track 4)
* Rune Gustafsson – guitar (track 4)
* Americo Bellotto, Bertil Lövgren, Håken Nyquist, Jan Allan – trumpet (track 4)
* Lars Olofsson, Bengt Edvarsson, Jörgen Johansson – trombone (track 4)
* Sven Larsson – bass trombone (track 4)
* Arne Domnerus, Ian Uling – alto saxophone (track 4)
* Lennart Åberg, Bernt Rosengren – tenor saxophone (track 4)
* Erik Nilsson – baritone saxophone

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 174\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1250\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
4. ^ George Russell discography accessed 12 November 2009.
5. ^ Allmusic Review accessed 12 November 2009.

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George Russell

Albums|

* The Jazz Workshop (1956)
* New York, N.Y. (1958–59)
* Jazz in the Space Age (1960)
* George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot (1960)
* Stratusphunk (1961)
* Ezz-thetics (1961)
* George Russell Sextet in K.C. (1961)
* The Outer View (1962)
* The Stratus Seekers (1962)
* George Russell Sextet Live in Breman and Paris 1964 (1964)
* George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (1965)
* The Essence of George Russell (1966–67)
* Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (1968)
* Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1969–80)
* Trip to Prillarguri (1970)
* Listen to the Silence (1971)
* Living Time (and Bill Evans, 1972)
* New York Big Band (1977–78)
* Vertical Form VI (1977)
* Live in an American Time Spiral (1982)
* The African Game (1983)
* So What (1983)
* The London Concert (1989)
* It's About Time (1996)
* The 80th Birthday Concert (2003)

Books|

* Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization (published 1953)

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