Vision Towards Essence
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Vision Towards Essence is a live album of solo piano by Muhal Richard Abrams
released on the Pi
label in 2007.
Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams is an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the Free jazz medium. Abrams compresses both contemporary and traditional ideas into lean, elegant pieces.- Biography :Abrams attended DuSable High School in Chicago...
released on the Pi
Pi Recordings
Pi Recordings is a jazz record label whose motto is "dedicated to the innovative". Pi was founded in 2001 by Seth Rosner. He was joined as partner by Yulun Wang in 2002.- Discography :*Pi 01: Everybodys Mouth's a Book - Henry Threadgill...
label in 2007.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "This is indeed one of the most important records ever released by this great man".Track listing
- "Part 1" - 20:06
- "Part 2" - 18:23
- "Part 3" - 20:16
- All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams
- Recorded live at the Guelph Jazz Festival, GuelphGuelphGuelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on September 11, 1998.
- Recorded live at the Guelph Jazz Festival, Guelph