Non-Fiction (Steve Kuhn album)
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Non-Fiction is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn
recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.
awarded the album 4 stars calling it "An interesting set of inside/outside music with a bit more energy than the more stereotypical ECM set".
Steve Kuhn
Steve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott YanowScott Yanow
Scott Yanow is an American jazz commentator, known for many contributions to the Allmusic website, for writing ten books on jazz and for reviewing jazz recordings for over 30 years.-Biography:...
awarded the album 4 stars calling it "An interesting set of inside/outside music with a bit more energy than the more stereotypical ECM set".
Track listing
- All compositions by Steve Kuhn except as indicated
- "Firewalk" (Harvie Swartz) - 8:00
- "Random Thoughts" - 8:08
- "Dance with the Wind" (Swartz) - 5:48
- "Fruit Fly" - 5:54
- "Alias Dash Grapey" - 11:57
- Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in April 1978
Personnel
- Steve KuhnSteve KuhnSteve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
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, percussion - Steve SlagleSteve SlagleSteve Slagle is an American jazz saxophonist.Slagle was born in Los Angeles and grew up in suburban Philadelphia. he received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He came to New York in 1976, playing with Machito and his Afro-Cuban orchestra, and played successively with Ray Barretto,...
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, percussion - Harvie SwartzHarvie SwartzHarvie S is an American jazz double-bassist.S learned piano as a child and did not begin playing bass until 1967, when he was nineteen years old. He attended Berklee College of Music and played in and around Boston with Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Mose Allison, and Chris Connor...
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