Irina (album)

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Irina
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Studio album by
Barry Altschul Quartet
Released1983
RecordedFebruary 12, 1983
StudioBarigozzi Studio, Milan, Italy
Genre Jazz
Length46:32
Label Soul Note
SN 1065
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Barry Altschul chronology
For Stu
(1981)		Irina
(1983)		 That's Nice
(1986)

Irina is an album by the Barry Altschul Quartet, led by drummer Altschul, and featuring saxophonist John Surman, trumpeter Enrico Rava, and double bassist Mark Helias. It was recorded on February 12, 1983, at Barigozzi Studio in Milan, Italy, and was released on vinyl later that year by Soul Note. The album was remastered and reissued on CD in 1998. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ [9]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "The music... finds the pianoless group sounding halfway between the Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Quartet and the late-'50s Ornette Coleman/Don Cherry group... The advanced and passionate solos... and the close communication between the four highly individual improvisers make this a notable and highly recommended release." [1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings stated: "This doesn't feel like fully three-dimensional Altschul. In the absence of a piano, he takes on an accompanist's role and does it very successfully, often leaving Helias to keep the count, though his own metre is rock steady. Rava and Surman don't quite gel early on and the album really comes alight only towards the end." [7]

Steve Holtje of MusicHound Jazz called the album "Altschul's masterpiece as a leader," and noted that the musicians "walk the fine line between adding their own considerable inspiration yet not overwhelming the leader's concepts." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Tap-A-Jack" (Ray Anderson) – 7:56
  2. "Irina" (Barry Altschul) – 7:12
  3. "Da Baron's Blues" (Barry Altschul) – 8:17
  4. "Sips" (Barry Altschul) – 6:14
  5. "Le Tango" (Mark Helias) – 7:42
  6. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) – 9:11

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Barry Altschul: Irina". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Barry Altschul - Irina". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Barry Altschul Catalog". JazzDisco. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Soul Note Records main series discography". JazzLists. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Barry Altschul Quartet – Irina". CamJazz. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  6. 1 2 Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann (1998). MusicHound: The Essential Album Guide. Schirmer. p. 32.
  7. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 32.
  8. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 9.
  9. ↑ Hull, Tom (March 27, 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  10. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 23.
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