Washington Suite

by The Lloyd McNeill Quartet

Washington Suite cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Asha
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:09
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: The Lloyd McNeill Quartet, Andrew White, Gene Rush, William Huntington, Orrin Olson, Kenneth Pasmanick, Eric Gravatt, Marshall Hawkins

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commissioned initially for a multimedia exhibition in the nation's capital, this private-press recording showcases the acclaimed flautist navigating deep spiritual jazz and modal exploration. The quartet, heavily influenced by Afro-Brazilian rhythms and avant-garde fluidity, delivers a captivating, deeply atmospheric set of extended instrumental improvisations. It remains a masterclass in independent jazz production and cross-cultural rhythmic synthesis.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, improvisation, melodic, rhythmic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Home Rule (6:04)
  2. Just 71% Moor (8:25)
  3. 2504 Cliffborne Pl. (5:59)
  4. Fountain In the Circle (2:24)
  5. City Tryptych (16:33)
  6. Fountain In the Circle (Part 2) (1:41)

Credits

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