Illumination!

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Illumination!
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Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedAugust 8, 1963
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length31:14
Label Impulse!
A-49
Producer Bob Thiele
Elvin Jones chronology
Elvin!
(1962)
Illumination!
(1964)
Dear John C.
(1965)
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Illumination! is a 1964 album by the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet, featuring John Coltrane Quartet bandmates Jones, Garrison and pianist McCoy Tyner playing with alto saxophonist Sonny Simmons, flautist Prince Lasha and baritone saxophonist Charles Davis. [3]

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Reception

Allmusic's Scott Yanow describes the band's performance in his review of the Illumination! as "the music ranges from advanced hard bop to freer sounds that still swing". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Nuttin' Out Jones" (Lasha) – 5:36
  2. "Oriental Flower" (Tyner) – 3:49
  3. "Half and Half" (Charles Davis) – 6:28
  4. "Aborigine Dance in Scotland" (Simmons) – 4:12
  5. "Gettin' on Way" (Garrison) – 5:14
  6. "Just Us Blues" (Davis) – 5:55

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 113. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. "Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet Illumination". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  4. "Illumination Review by Scott Yanow". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-10-26.