Beat Kennel

Beat Kennel
Studio album by Rova Saxophone Quartet
Released	1987
Recorded	April 13–15, 1987
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:34
Label	Black Saint 120 126-2
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Rova Saxophone Quartet chronology
The Crowd (1986) Beat Kennel (1987) The Aggregate (1988)

Beat Kennel is an album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet recorded in Milan in 1987 for the Italian Black Saint label. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "ROVA perfectly balances advanced arranged sections with dynamic individual and group improvising on this consistently stimulating set ... The results reward repeated listenings by open-minded avant-garde collectors". ^[3]

Track listing

1. "El Amor en los Tiempos de la Finca" (Andrew Voigt) – 7:50
2. "The Aggregate" (Jon Raskin) – 10:05
3. "Sportspeak" (Voigt, Raskin, Larry Ochs, Bruce Ackley) – 5:07
4. "Composition 37" (Anthony Braxton) – 5:39
5. "What Was Lost Regained" (Raskin) – 10:53

Personnel

• Bruce Ackley – soprano saxophone
• Andrew Voigt – alto saxophone and sopranino saxophone on "What Was Lost Regained"
• Larry Ochs – tenor saxophone
• Jon Raskin – baritone saxophone and lead alto saxophone on "The Aggregate"

References

1. Jazzlists: Black Saint Records main series discography accessed January 31, 2017
2. Rova Discography: Beat Kennel accessed January 31, 2017
3. Yanow, Scott. ROVA – Beat Kennel: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1242. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.