''Sum of the Parts'' is an album by tenor saxophonist/composer-arranger

Ed Summerlin Edgar Eugene Summerlin (September 1, 1928 – October 10, 2006) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator known for pioneering Liturgical jazz, avant-garde jazz, and free jazz. Professional career While a graduate student at the ...

, released in 1998 on the Ictus label.

Reception

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'' reviewer, and Summerlin's onetime bandmate,Don Heckman, gave the album 3 stars and paid tribute to his erstwhile collaborator.

Veteran tenor saxophonist-composer Ed Summerlin has been effectively venturing through the jazz avant-garde for more than three decades. "Sum of the Parts" displays the complexities and inherent swing in his dissonant, contrapuntal music. Resonant with influences from George Russell and
Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Jazz: A Colle ...
, it nonetheless comes together as one of the genuinely individual voices in the arena of exploratory jazz.

Track listing

Personnel

*Bruce Ahrens – trumpet *Ron Finck – alto saxophone *Ed Summerlin – tenor saxophone *Tony Marino – bass * Joe Chambers – drums All personnel information accessed via JazzLoft.com."Sum of the Parts"
The Jazz loft. Retrieved 2013-03-30.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sum of the Parts 1998 albums Jazz albums by American artists