Eye Contact (Jay Beckenstein album)

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Eye Contact
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Released18 April 2000
Studio BearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York
Genre Jazz
Length54:45
Label Windham Hill Jazz
Producer Jay Beckenstein, Chuck Loeb, Jason Miles, Chieli Minucci, Jeff Beal
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Eye Contact is the debut album by Jay Beckenstein released in 2000. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sunrise" (Chieli Minucci) 5:09
  2. "The Other Side" (Jay Beckenstein, Chuck Loeb) 4:49
  3. "Northline" (Jay Beckenstein, Chuck Loeb) 4:27
  4. "Eye Contact" (Chuck Loeb) 4:55
  5. "West Side Cool" (Jay Beckenstein, Jason Miles) 4:07
  6. "Heart and Mind" (Jay Beckenstein) 5:33
  7. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus) 4:31
  8. "Monsoon" (Jay Beckenstein) 6:29
  9. "Black Market" (Joe Zawinul) 5:27
  10. "Turnaround" (Jay Beckenstein, Bakithi Kumalo) 3:50
  11. "Lookin' Up" (Jay Beckenstein) 5:23

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Jazz Times. Jazztimes. 2001.