| Exotic Heartbreak | ||||
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| Studio album by Frank Lowe Quintet | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | October 22 & 23, 1981 Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:05 | |||
| Label | Soul Note SN 1032 | |||
| Producer | Giovanni Bonandrini | |||
| Kenny Wheeler chronology | ||||
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Exotic Heartbreak is an album by the Frank Lowe Quintet recorded in 1981 and released on the Soul Note label. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 4 stars, and commented: "Lowe's turn-of-the-decade band traded on raw finesse. There is nothing here... which swaps subtlety for power. And both should help dispel any notion of Lowe as an unsubtle roarer." [3]
Writing for The New York Times, Robert Palmer stated: "Exotic Heartbreak... is an affectionate update on the sort of tightly arranged hard-bop album that was a specialty of the Blue Note label from the mid-1950's through the mid-1960's. Frank Lowe has developed a thoughtfully muscular approach to the tenor saxophone that's exceptionally resourceful and personal, and his bandmates... are similarly animated by both an exploratory bent and a love for the hard-bop tradition. This is Mr. Lowe's finest album to date." [4]
All compositions by Frank Lowe except as indicated
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