Lifelong Ambitions

Lifelong Ambitions
Live album by Leroy Jenkins
Released	1977
Recorded	March 11, 1977
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:03
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giacomo Pellicciotti
Leroy Jenkins chronology
Solo Concert (1977) Lifelong Ambitions (1977) The Legend of Ai Glatson (1978)

Lifelong Ambitions is a live album by American jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins recorded in 1977 for the Italian Black Saint label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide	[4]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Leroy Jenkins, free jazz's greatest violinist, has always worked best in intimate situations with equally talented partners. He certainly had the optimum conditions on this duet date". ^[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, and commented: "The duos with Abrams are... both traditionally minded and innovative... Like their titles... the pieces are kept pretty abstract (and are all almost exactly the same length). There's a patient, almost schoolmasterly side to Abrams's playing. Jenkins moves off into pan-tonality a few times, but he stays firmly anchored in an identifiable key for most of the set, even when his partner has dissolved the normal ties of melody and accompaniment." ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Leroy Jenkins

1. "Greetings and Salutations" - 6:29
2. "Meditation" - 6:26
3. "Happiness" - 6:38
4. "The Blues" - 6:37
5. "The Weird World" - 6:28
6. "The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost" - 6:25

• Recorded at the Washington Square Church in New York City on March 11, 1977

Personnel

• Leroy Jenkins - violin
• Muhal Richard Abrams - piano

References

1. Black Saint discography accessed June 28, 2011
2. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2011
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 778. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 366.