Nexus (Gene Harris album)

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Nexus
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Studio album by
Gene Harris
Released1975
RecordedMay–June, 1975
Genre Jazz
Length42:51
Label Blue Note
Producer Jerry Peters, Keg Johnson, Jim Shifflett
Gene Harris chronology
Astral Signal
(1974)		Nexus
(1975)		 In a Special Way
(1975)

Nexus is an album by American jazz pianist Gene Harris recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label. [1]

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Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3½ stars. [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Track listing

  1. "Sauda" (Ronaldo N. Jackson, Charlotte Politte, John Rowin) – 2:05
  2. "Funky Business" (Jackson, Politte, Rowin, Jerry Peters) – 4:05
  3. "Koko and Leeroe" (Peters) – 6:05
  4. "Love Don't Love Nobody" (Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons) – 7:28
  5. "Rushin' Roulette" (C. Davis, Sigidi Abdullah, Brenda Sutton) – 3:52
  6. "The Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) – 5:34
  7. "Gettin' Down Country" (Peters) – 4:00
  8. "H.R.D. (Boogie)" (Rowin) – 5:08
  9. "Prayer '76" (Mbaji, Sigidi, Harold Clayton, Brenda Sutton, Jerry Peters) – 5:34
  • Recorded at Music Recorders in Los Angeles, California in May–June, 1975.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Blue Note Records discography, accessed January 10, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review, accessed January 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 657. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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