Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature
Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature
Studio album by George Russell
Released	1969 / 1980
Recorded	April 28, 1969 (1968 Version); June 9 & 10 1980 (1980 Version)
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	51:49 (1968 Version); 48:13 (1980 Version)
Label	Flying Dutchman Records; Strata-East Records; Soul Note
George Russell chronology
1980 Soul Note Recording

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature is a work by jazz arranger George Russell originally written in 1968 and first recorded in concert in Norway on April 28, 1969 and released on the Flying Dutchman label. The 1969 recording featured Russell with Jan Garbarek, Manfred Schoof, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen, and Red Mitchell and was subsequently re-released on Strata-East Records on LP in 1976, and again on the Italian Soul Note label in 1985 (LP and CD).^[4]

Russell revisited the piece in 1980 with Jean-François Jenny-Clark, , Keith Copeland, Robert Moore and Lew Soloff. It was released on Soul Note as an LP in 1980 and CD in 1985.^[5]

Track listing[]

1969 Version

"Events 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" - 25:36
"Events 8-9-10-11-12-13-14" - 26:13

1980 Version

"Events 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" - 23:45
"Events 8-9-10-11-12-13-14" - 24:28

Personnel[]

1969 recording[]

Recorded live at the Sonja Henie/Neils Onstad Center Oslo April 1969

1980 recording[]

Jean-François Jenny-Clark: bass
: guitar
Keith Copeland: percussion
Robert Moore: saxophones
Lew Soloff: trumpet
George Russell: piano, organ

Recorded June 9 & 10, 1980 at Barigozzi Studio, Milan

References[]

^ Wynn, Ron (2011). "Electric Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature - George Russell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 174. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1250. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Wynn, R. Allmusic Review (1968 Version) accessed 4 August 2009
^ Allmusic Review (1980 Version) accessed 4 August 2009

[1] Wynn, Ron (2011). "Electric Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature - George Russell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 174. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1250. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[4] Wynn, R. Allmusic Review (1968 Version) accessed 4 August 2009

[5] Allmusic Review (1980 Version) accessed 4 August 2009

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