Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature

by George Russell

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1971
  • Label: Flying Dutchman
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 49:21
  • Community rating: 4.26/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed by the pioneer of the Lydian Chromatic Concept, this ambitious suite originally saw performance in 1969 before its official studio release. The visionary jazz theorist seamlessly integrates acoustic free improvisation from a stellar ensemble鈥攊ncluding Jan Garbarek鈥攚ith pre-recorded tape collages of African chants and electronic textures. It remains a towering, highly intellectual achievement in avant-garde composition.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, avant-garde, improvisation, complex, atmospheric, space, experimental, electronic, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Events I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII (23:49)
  2. Events VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV (25:32)

Credits

  • Henry Smithson - written-by

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