The Black Ark (Noah Howard album)

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The Black Ark
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Studio album by
Noah Howard
Released1972
Recorded1969 at Bell Sound Studios, New York City
GenreFree jazz
Length40:34
LabelFreedom FLP 40105
ProducerAlan Bates and Noah Howard
Noah Howard chronology

(1966) 		The Black Ark
(1972)
(1969)

The Black Ark is an album by American free jazz saxophonist Noah Howard recorded in New York City in 1969 for the Freedom label and was rereleased in 2007.[1][2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz4/4 stars [4]
All About Jazz4.5/5 stars[5]

The Allmusic review by Brandon Burke awarded the album 4 stars stating "While The Black Ark is not altogether different than his other records from this period, it presents Howard in a new setting with a number of interesting avant-garde players... Easily recommended for fans of the 1969 BYG/ESP free jazz scene".[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz nominated the album as part of its "Core Collection" of recommended jazz recordings.[4][6]

All About Jazz stated "By 1969, Howard was terrifyingly good: as a player, composer and bandleader. The four originals which make up The Black Ark—a mutant blues, a free jive samba, a cod-Japanese "ying-tong" melody and a wonderfully lyrical ballad—are catchy and hummable, at a time when most free jazz rejected tunes and structures".[5]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Noah Howard

  1. "Domiabra" - 10:31
  2. "Ole Negro" - 8:49
  3. "Mount Fuji" - 15:31
  4. "Queen Anne" - 5:43

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Noah Howard discography accessed October 28, 2014
  2. ^ Boweavil Recordings album entry, accessed October 28, 2014
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Burke, B., Allmusic Review accessed October 28, 2014
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Noah Howard". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b May, C., All About Jazz Review, July 26, 2007
  6. ^ Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List, accessed October 28, 2014
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