Amethyst (Billy Hart album)

Amethyst
Studio album by Billy Hart
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
Billy Hart chronology
Rah (1988) Amethyst (1993) Oceans of Time (1996)

Amethyst is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 1993 and released on the Arabesque label. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Hart except as indicated

1. "Amethyst" - 12:14
2. "King of Harts" (John Stubblefield) - 7:35
3. "El Junque" (Santi Debriano) - 7:32
4. "Melanos" (David Fiuzynski) - 10:09
5. "Irah" - 6:52
6. "Asylum" (Mark Feldman) - 12:05
7. "Dirty Dogs" (David Kikoski) - 10:25

Personnel

• Billy Hart - drums
• John Stubblefield - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• David Fiuczynski - guitar
• David Kikoski - piano
• Marc Copland - keyboards (tracks 5 & 6)
• Mark Feldman - violin
• Santi Debriano - bass

References

1. Billy Hart discography accessed February 3, 2015
2. Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography accessed May 14, 2018
3. Adler, D. R., Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2015
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 661. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.