Holding Together

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Holding Together
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Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedMarch 1976
Genre Jazz
Length40:31
Label Black Saint
Producer Giacomo Pellicciotti
Oliver Lake chronology
Heavy Spirits
(1975)
Holding Together
(1976)
Ntu: Point from Which Creation Begins
(1976)

Holding Together is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake recorded in 1975 for the Italian Black Saint label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Oliver Lake except as indicated
  1. "Trailway Shake/Sad Lo-Uis" - 10:04
  2. "Hasan" - 4:12
  3. "USTA B" - 6:25
  4. "Holding Together" - 10:30
  5. "Machine Wing" - 7:39
  6. "Ballad" (Michael Gregory Jackson) - 1:41
  • Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City in March, 1976

Personnel

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References

  1. Black Saint Records discography accessed May 9, 2011
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed May 9, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 123. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 860. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.