Insight

by The Mike Mainieri Quartet

Insight cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1968
  • Label: Solid State
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:51
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Claude Debussy, The Mike Mainieri Quartet, Joe Beck, Sonny Lester, Lyn Christie, Donald MacDonald

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Insight' presents vibraphonist Mike Mainieri pushing past traditional post-bop constraints towards the electric textures of early jazz fusion. The quartet balances melodic sensibility with complex rhythmic improvisation, indicating a clear transition in the modern jazz idiom.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, rhythmic, melodic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Autumn Leaves (7:47)
  2. Skating In Central Park (7:48)
  3. Rain Child (5:55)
  4. On The Trail (6:49)
  5. Instant Garlic (6:37)
  6. Minnesota Thing (2:49)
  7. La Plus Que Lente (5:03)

Credits

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