Local Colour

by Peter Lemer Quintet

Local Colour cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: ESP Disk
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 44:45
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Local Colour' stands as a pivotal document of the burgeoning British free jazz movement. The Peter Lemer Quintet navigates highly complex, dissonant improvisations and uncommon time signatures, pushing the boundaries of European avant-garde music.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, acoustic, dissonant, uncommon-time-signatures, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Ictus (6:52)
  2. City (7:38)
  3. Flowville (7:30)
  4. In The Out (9:20)
  5. Carmen (10:35)
  6. Enahenado (2:50)

Credits

  • Peter Lemer Quintet - primary artist
  • John Surman - baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Tony Reeves - bass
  • Jon Hiseman - drums
  • Peter Lemer - piano, written-by
  • Nisar Ahmad Khan - tenor saxophone
  • Carla Bley - written-by

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