''Non-Fiction'' is an album by American

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pianist and composer Steve Kuhn recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
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Reception

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review by Scott Yanow gave the album 4 stars, calling it "An interesting set of inside/outside music with a bit more energy than the more stereotypical ECM set".Yanow, S
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Track listing

All compositions by Steve Kuhn except as indicated. # "Firewalk" (Harvie Swartz) - 8:00 # "Random Thoughts" - 8:08 # "Dance with the Wind" (Swartz) - 5:48 # "Fruit Fly" - 5:54 # "Alias Dash Grapey" - 11:57 Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in April 1978.

Personnel

* Steve Kuhn -

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* Steve Slagle - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, percussion *

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- bass * Bob Moses - drums

References

{{Authority control ECM Records albums Steve Kuhn albums 1978 albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher