''New York Big Band'' is a

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by George Russell released on the Italian

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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''.

Reception

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review awarded the album 4½ stars.

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accessed 12 November 2009.

Track listing

:''All compositions by George Russell except as indicated'' # "Living Time: Event V" - 10:47 # "Big City Blues" - 9:22 # "Listen to the Silence Part 1" - 4:32 # "Cubano Be, Cubano Bop" (

Dizzy Gillespie John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but addi ...

, Russell) - 10:25 # "Mystic Voices" ( Stanton Davis) - 5:56 # " God Bless the Child" (

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) - 5:25 # "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

* George Russell - conductor,

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

(track 1) * Goetz Tangerding - piano (tracks 2-3 & 5-7) * Ricky Martinez -

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* Warren Smith -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * Cameron Brown -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * Mark Slifstein -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * Babafumi Akunyon -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * Stanton Davis,

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) *

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- trumpet,

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * John Clark -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) *

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * Dave Taylor -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) *

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, Roger Rosenberg -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) *

Marty Ehrlich Marty Ehrlich (born May 31, 1955) is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz. Biography Though born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the portion of Ehrlich's youth spent in ...

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * Carl Atkins -

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(tracks 1-3 & 5-7) * Lee Genesis -

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(track 2) * Vlodek Gulgowski - piano, electric piano (track 4) * Lars Beijbon - drums (track 4) *

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- congas, vocals (track 4) * Lars-Urban Helje - bass (track 4) * Rune Gustafsson - guitar (track 4) * Americo Bellotto,

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, Håken Nyquist,

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- trumpet (track 4) * Lars Olofsson, Bengt Edvarsson, Jörgen Johansson - trombone (track 4) * Sven Larsson - bass trombone (track 4) *

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, Ian Uling - alto saxophone (track 4) *

Lennart Åberg Lennart Åberg (26 February 1942 – 30 September 2021) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist and composer. In 1972, he founded Rena Rama, a Swedish jazz fusion group. He also taught jazz history at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm. He was a membe ...

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- tenor saxophone (track 4) * Erik Nilsson - baritone saxophone

References

{{George Russell (composer) George Russell (composer) live albums 1982 live albums Black Saint/Soul Note live albums