| Awakening | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | August 28 and September 8–9, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Plaza Sound Studios and Sound Ideas, New York City | |||
| Genre | Straight-ahead jazz, hard bop, modal jazz | |||
| Length | 40:33 | |||
| Label | Horizon | |||
| Producer | Ed Michel | |||
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Awakening is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Fortune recorded in 1975 and released on the Horizon label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Village Voice | A− [4] |
In The Village Voice , Robert Christgau said while Awakening featured nothing innovative, it did showcase Fortune's knack for "great synthesis", including "shades of hard bop and late-'50s Miles in a more modal setting, so lyrical and tough-minded that the 12-minute flute-and-congas thing (the title cut, wouldn't you know) becomes quite credible, even listenable." [4] Vincent Thomas for AllMusic calls the album "an adequate set of mostly straight-ahead jazz, which sets it apart from many of his fusion-venturing peers of the '70s". [2]
All compositions by Sonny Fortune except where noted.
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