Hal Russell NRG Ensemble - The Hal Russell Story (1993)
EAC rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | Scans | 410 Mb (Incl. Recovery)
Genre ~ Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | Label ~ ECM Records/1498
EAC rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | Scans | 410 Mb (Incl. Recovery)
Genre ~ Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | Label ~ ECM Records/1498
Recorded two months after Hal's Bells, it was if Russell knew something and tried to get as much recording as possible done before he died. Sadly, he died a mere five weeks after recording this amazing record. Constructed as an aural autobiography, The Hal Russell Story combines a stream-of-consciousness narrative with some rock-solid jazzified blowing and dissonant free playing. The main body of the piece is made up of numerous short segments, some under a minute, but the ebb and flow of the songs is so smooth and effortless, you'll never realize that you're listening to so many short tracks. As usual, Russell's band the NRG ensemble kicks ass and takes names, blowing with so much intensity and power it's astonishing. Adding to this wonderful (if bittersweet) recording is the inclusion of a rollicking version of the Fleetwood Mac chestnut "Oh Well," which Russell claims he'd never heard before (and I believe him). It would be great if Hal Russell were still around serving up his wonderfully skewed jazz-rock, but this is as wonderful and fitting an epitaph as one could hope for. ~ AllMusicTracklist
PART I FAMILY JAM
1. Intro & Fanafare
Toy Parade
Trumpet March
Riverside Jump (5:21)
PART II SCHOLAR AND FAN
2. Krupa (5:36)
3. You're Blasé (1:51)
4. Dark Rapture (2:44)
5. World Class (2:25)
PART III HIT THE ROAD, HAL
6. Wood Chips (2:31)
7. My Little Grass Shack (2:36)
8. O & B (3:44)
PART IV FAST COMPANY
9. For M (6:17)
10. Gloomy Sunday (2:31)
11. Hair Male (3:13)
12. Bossa G (0:38)
13. Mildred (1:07)
14. Dope Music (1:44)
PART V THE BIRTH OF THE FREE
15. 2 X 2 (3:13)
16. Ayler Songs (5:53)
PART VI NRG RISING
17. Rehcabnettul (4:05)
18. Steve's Freedom Principle (5:33)
ENCORES
19. Lady in the Lake (3:36)
20. Oh Well (2:39)
Personel
Hal Russell tenor & soprano saxophones, trumpet, drums, xylophone, percussion, gong, narration, vocals
Mars Williams tenor, alto & bass saxophones, toy horns, wood flute, didgeridoo, bells, sounds, narration
Brian Sandstrom acoustic bass, electric guitar, trumpet, toy horns, percussion
Kent Kessler acoustic bass, trombone
Steve Hunt drums, vibraphone, tympani, percussion
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