Cathexis

by Denny Zeitlin

Cathexis cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1964
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 53:01
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pianist Denny Zeitlin leads a trio featuring Cecil McBee on bass and Freddie Waits on drums through a set of complex, harmonically dense original compositions. The album focuses heavily on advanced chord voicings and shifting modal structures, positioning Zeitlin firmly within the 1960s post-bop vanguard.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, acoustic, melodic, complex, technical

Tracklist

  1. Repeat (3:17)
  2. I-Thou (5:54)
  3. Stonehenge (5:14)
  4. Soon (5:11)
  5. Nica's Tempo (5:54)
  6. Cathexis (2:25)
  7. 'Round Midnight (5:35)
  8. Little Children, Don't Go Near That House (4:02)
  9. Blue Phoenix (15:25)

Credits

  • Denny Zeitlin - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • Cecil McBee - bass
  • Freddie Waits - drums
  • Nat Hentoff - liner notes
  • John Hammond - producer
  • George & Ira Gershwin - written-by
  • Gigi Gryce - written-by
  • Cootie Williams - written-by
  • Ned Washington - written-by
  • Thelonious Monk - written-by

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