''Hal's Bells'' is a solo album by American jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer

Hal Russell Hal Russell (born Harold Russell Luttenbacher, August 28, 1926 – September 5, 1992) was an American free jazz composer, band leader and multi-instrumentalist who performed mainly on saxophone and drums but occasionally on trumpet or vibrapho ...

recorded in May 1992 and released on

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Reception

The

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review awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Although Russell died soon after recording this, there's no sense of desperation on this record; instead there is pure joy, the silly seriousness that Russell brought to all of his recordings."Allmusic Review
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Track listing

''All compositions by Hal Russell except as indicated'' # "Buddhi" - 4:13 # "Millard Mottker" - 6:48 # "Portrait of Benny" - 4:01 # "Strangest Kiss" - 5:03 # "Susanna" - 4:47 # "Carolina Moon" (John Pennington) - 6:31 # "Kenny G." - 6:21 # "I Need You Now" - 4:38 # "For Free" - 6:33 # "Moon of Manakoora" (

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, Frank Loesser) - 4:03

Personnel

– tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, trumpet,

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vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

, drums,

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, congas, gongs, bells, percussion, voice

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Hal Russell albums 1992 albums