''Dinner at Eight'' is an album by American keyboardist and composer

Wayne Horvitz Wayne Horvitz (born 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He ...

recorded in 1985 and released on the German

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Abstrakce Records

Reception

The

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review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 3 stars stating "several of the compositions tend to linger quite pleasantly in one's memory".

Track listing

:''All compositions by Wayne Horvitz except as indicated'' # "Dinner at Eight" - 1:45 # "This New Generation" - 3:26 # "3 Questions" - 2:36 # "Conjunction for C.B." - 2:30 # "True" - 2:51 # "Extra Extra" (Horvitz, Doug Wieselman) - 3:31 # "In Fields They Lay" - 2:40 # "Second Line" - 4:12 # "Danced All Night" - 2:32 # "These Hard Times" - 4:15 # "Reprise for C.B." - 3:20

Personnel

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, bass *

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Doug Wieselman Douglas Joel Wieselman (born November 30, 1954) is an American composer and jazz reedist. He plays primarily clarinet and tenor saxophone, though he occasionally also plays soprano and baritone saxophone. Early life and education Wieselman was ...

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References

{{Authority control Dossier Records albums Wayne Horvitz albums 1986 albums