''Totally Spinning'' is an album by the

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recorded in 1996 for the Italian

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Reception

The

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review by

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states "This is one of Rova's more accessible projects, although the music certainly has its adventurous and passionate moments. Recommended". On

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Jeff Stockton said it was "as approachable as Rova gets, an enjoyably listenable point of entry into the work of this groundbreaking veteran group".Stockton, J.
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Track listing

# "Let's Go Totally Spinning" (Jon Raskin) – 8:08 # "Stiction" (Steve Adams) – 6:35 # "Radar" (Raskin, Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs) – 4:02 # "Cuernavaca Starlight" (Adams) – 7:54 # "Kick It" (

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) – 3:40 # "It's a Journey, Not a Destination" (Raskin) – 15:49 # "Preshrunk" (Adams) – 5:37 # "Radar (Version 731)" (Raskin, Adams, Ackley, Ochs) – 8:11 *Recorded on April 14, 1996 at Sharkbite Studios, Oakland, CA (tracks 1 & 2) and November 18 & 19, 2000 at Mr. Toads, San Francisco, CA (tracks 3–8)

Personnel

*Bruce Ackley –

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

*Steve Adams –

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sopranino saxophone The sopranino saxophone is the second-smallest member of the saxophone family. It is tuned in the key of E, and sounds an octave higher than the alto saxophone. An F sopranino (an octave above the F alto (also called mezzo-soprano) saxophone) w ...

* Larry Ochs –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

, sopranino saxophone *Jon Raskin –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

References

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