Sound Suggestions

Sound Suggestions
Studio album by George Adams
Released 1979
Recorded May 1979
Genre Jazz
Length 45:40
Label ECM
Producer Manfred Eicher
George Adams chronology
Paradise Space Shuttle
(1979)
Sound Suggestions
(1979)
Hand to Hand
(1980)

Sound Suggestions is an album by the American jazz saxophonist George Adams recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "The playing is advanced but not as fiery as most of Adams' later sets".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 2½ stars, stating: "this was an uneasy collaboration, not really Adams's own session".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

All compositions by George Adams except as indicated
  1. "Baba" (Kenny Wheeler) - 13:00
  2. "Imani's Dance" - 11:00
  3. "Stay Informed" (Heinz Sauer) - 8:01
  4. "Got Somethin' Good for You" - 5:42
  5. "A Spire" (Wheeler) - 8:07
  • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany in May 1979

Personnel

References

  1. ECM discography accessed September 13, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 13, 2011
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
  4. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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