Life Force (album)

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Life Force
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1968 [1]
RecordedSeptember 18, 1967
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PR 7535
Producer Don Schlitten
Eric Kloss chronology
First Class Kloss!
(1967)
Life Force
(1968)
We're Goin' Up
(1968)

Life Force is a studio album by saxophonist Eric Kloss. It was recorded in 1967 and released in 1968 on Prestige Records. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Eric Kloss, except as indicated.

  1. "Soul Daddy" - 4:05
  2. "You're Turning My Dreams Around" - 4:56
  3. "Life Force" - 11:46
  4. "Nocturno" - 6:38
  5. "St. Thomas" (Sonny Rollins) - 5:24
  6. "My Heart Is In The Highlands" - 8:48

Personnel

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References

  1. "Billboard". April 27, 1968.
  2. Prestige Records discography accessed April 5, 2013
  3. 1 2 AllMusic listing accessed April 5, 2013
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  120. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.