Cycle (Paul Horn album)

Cycle
Studio album by Paul Horn Quintet
Released	1965
Recorded	March 17 & 18, 1965 Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	RCA Victor LPM 3386
Producer	Al Schmitt
Paul Horn chronology
Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts (1964) Cycle (1965) Here's That Rainy Day (1965)

Cycle is an album by Paul Horn which was originally released on the RCA Victor label in 1965.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 2 stars stating: "One can hear hints of Paul Horn's future directions on this obscure LP. ...so this is not an album for everyone."^[3] Cycle, credited to The Paul Horn Quintet, was nonetheless nominated for a 1965 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album, Small Ensemble.^[4]

Within three years, Horn would abandon jazz altogether to work on atmospheric mood music".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Horn except as indicated

1. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) - 3:58
2. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) - 8:23
3. "Cycle" - 5:15
4. "Shadows #1" - 2:40
5. "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch) - 5:32
6. "In the Bag" - 7:11
7. "Patterns" - 4:58
8. "Shadows #2" - 2:17

Personnel

• Paul Horn - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
• Lynn Blessing - vibraphone
• Mike Lang - piano
• Bill Plummer - bass
• Bill Goodwin - drums
• James Thompson, John Turnbull - bagpipes (tracks 1 & 6)

References

1. Paul Horn Catalog, accessed July 17, 2015
2. Paul Horn discography, accessed July 17, 2015
3. Yanow, Scott. Cycle – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
4. Discogs, Profile of the Paul Horn Quintet. Retrieved 2015-12-24.