''Life Force'' is a studio album by saxophonist
Eric Kloss
Eric Kloss (born April 3, 1949) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Music career
Kloss was born blind in Greenville, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and attended the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind, which was run by his father. When he was 1 ...
. It was recorded in 1967 and released in 1968 on
Prestige Records
Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz music ...
.
Prestige Records discography
accessed April 5, 2013
Reception
AllMusic
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awarded the album 4 stars.[AllMusic listing](_blank)
accessed April 5, 2013
Track listing
''All compositions by Eric Kloss, except as indicated.''
# "Soul Daddy" - 4:05
# "You're Turning My Dreams Around" - 4:56
# "Life Force" - 11:46
# "Nocturno" - 6:38
# " St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...
) - 5:24
# "My Heart Is In The Highlands" - 8:48
Personnel
*Eric Kloss
Eric Kloss (born April 3, 1949) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Music career
Kloss was born blind in Greenville, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and attended the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind, which was run by his father. When he was 1 ...
- alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...
* Jimmy Owens - trumpet
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, flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...
*Pat Martino
Pat Martino (born Patrick Carmen Azzara; August 25, 1944 – November 1, 2021) was an American jazz guitarist and composer.
Biography
Martino was born Patrick Carmen Azzara in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, to father Carmen "Mickey" ...
- guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
*Ben Tucker - bass
*Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson (July 14, 1929 – February 23, 1996) was an American jazz drummer and percussion teacher based in Boston.
Biography
Dawson was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Serving in the U.S. Army during th ...
- drums
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References
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1968 albums
Eric Kloss albums
Prestige Records albums
Albums produced by Don Schlitten