Jazzonia

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Jazzonia
Bill Laswell - Jazzonia.jpg
Studio album of cover songs by
ReleasedAugust 25, 1998 (1998-08-25)
RecordedOrange Music (West Orange, N.J.)
Genre Jazz, hip hop
Length54:09
Label Douglas
Producer Alan Douglas, Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell chronology
Oscillations 2
(1997)
Jazzonia
(1998)
Nagual Site
(1998)
Professional ratings
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Jazzonia is a cover album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on August 25, 1998, by Douglas Music.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Moody's Mood for Love" James Moody 6:15
2."Little Boy Don't Get Scared" Stan Getz, Jon Hendricks 7:55
3."Swan Blues" Richard Carpenter 6:13
4."I'm Gone" Quincy Jones, King Pleasure 5:41
5."Blue" Joni Mitchell 6:20
6."Cotton Tail" Duke Ellington 8:36
7."Angel Eyes"Earl Brent, Matt Dennis 5:57
8."Twisted" Wardell Gray, Annie Ross 5:25
9."Fade" Bill Laswell 1:47

Personnel

Adapted from the Jazzonia liner notes. [3]

Musicians
Technical personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1998DouglasCDADC18
United States2006DouglasCDAD-12

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References

  1. Genzel, Christian. "Jazzonia". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  2. Anderson, Rick. "Little Boy Don't Get Scared". Allmusic. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  3. Jazzonia (booklet). Bill Laswell. Paris, France: Douglas Music. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)