Motion/Stillness
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Motion/Stillness |
| type | Live album |
| artist | Tom Varner |
| cover | Motion-Stillness.jpg |
| released | 1982 |
| recorded | March 19, 1982 |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 71:34 |
| label | Soul Note |
| producer | Tom Varner |
| chronology | Tom Varner |
| prev_title | Tom Varner Quartet |
| prev_year | 1980 |
| next_title | Jazz French Horn |
| next_year | 1983 |
| :: |
| name = Motion/Stillness | type = Live album | artist = Tom Varner | cover = Motion-Stillness.jpg | alt = | released = 1982 | recorded = March 19, 1982 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 71:34 | label = Soul Note | producer = Tom Varner | chronology = Tom Varner | prev_title = Tom Varner Quartet | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Jazz French Horn | next_year = 1983
Motion/Stillness is the second album by American jazz French horn player and composer Tom Varner recorded in 1982 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.
Reception
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score = The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars and stated, "This 1982 concert features Varner leading an explosive quartet... Highly recommended!".
The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that the album "depend[s] on satisfying solos to make a modest impact."
Track listing
:All compositions by Tom Varner except as indicated
- "Subway Awakening" - 11:22
- "Study No. 1" - 10:03
- "Neutron Bomb Shuffle" - 4:59
- "New Moonshiner" - 13:46
- "Freddy Did It" - 3:26
- "Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) - 9:37 Bonus track on CD
- "The Otter" - 10:26 Bonus track on CD
- "Comme Il Faut" (Ornette Coleman) - 7:55 Bonus track on CD :*Recorded at Inroads in New York City on March 19, 1982
Personnel
- Tom Varner - French horn
- Ed Jackson - alto saxophone
- Ed Schuller - bass
- Billy Hart (tracks 1–5), Adam Nussbaum (tracks 6–8) - drums
- Cover photo by Bernard Rickenbach, back photos by Tiani Osborn
References
References
- [http://www.tomvarnermusic.com/alb-varnerqt.htm Tom Varner discography] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-17 accessed July 15, 2011)
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- Dryden, K. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/motion-stillness-r167532 Allmusic Review] accessed July 15, 2011
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