| Amethyst | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | May 27 & 29, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Sound on Sound Recording, Inc., NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 66:52 | |||
| Label | Arabesque AJ0105 | |||
| Producer | Marc Copland | |||
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Amethyst is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 1993 and released on the Arabesque label. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by David R. Adler stating, "there's plenty of beautiful music on the album, plenty of representative brilliance from all these fine players, and even a substantial amount of originality and vision". [3]
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