Blow Horn

Blow Horn
Studio album by FJF
Released 1997
Recorded October 15, 1995
Überstudio, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length 51:21
Label Okka Disk
Producer Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, John Corbett
Ken Vandermark chronology
Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine
(1996)
Blow Horn
(1997)
A Meeting in Chicago
(1997)

Blow Horn is an album by FJF (Free Jazz Four), a quartet formed by Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and American reedist Ken Vandermark with the Chicago's NRG Ensemble rhythm section of bassist Kent Kessler and drummer Steve Hunt. It was recorded in 1995 and released on Okka Disk.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Tim Sheridan states "This is improvised music with little form, but plenty of invention."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Gustafsson/Hunt/Kessler/Vandermark except as indicated
  1. "Dedication" – 13:36
  2. "Blow Horn for Service" – 12:12
  3. "Biomass" – 6:06
  4. "Structure a la Malle (1st Version)" (Gustafsson) – 14:31
  5. "Carry Out" – 4:56

Personnel

References

  1. Blow Horn at Okka Disk
  2. 1 2 Sheridan, Tim. FJF – Blow Horn: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1487. ISBN 0140515216.
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