One Long String

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One Long String
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Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedFebruary 19, 1969
Paris, France
Genre Jazz
Length48:07
Label Mercury 135.714
Producer Jean-Claude Desmarty
Red Mitchell chronology
Hear Ye!
(1962)
One Long String
(1969)
Bästisar!
(1973)

One Long String is an album by American jazz bassist Red Mitchell's Trio featuring Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson and drummer Rune Carlsson recorded in Paris in 1969 and first released on the Mercury label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny states "The album percolates with energy and daring, with an underlying soulfulness ...For all the mechanics at work throughout One Long String, the end result is a record that never loses focus or its sense of collaborative spirit". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Red Mitchell except as indicated

  1. "One Long String" - 5:53
  2. "Peggy" - 5:16
  3. "Narbild" (F. Sjöström) - 7:19
  4. "Undertow" - 4:10
  5. "Total Tumult" - 4:56
  6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 6:46
  7. "Pojken I Grottan" (Bobo Stenson) - 4:59
  8. "When I Have You" - 8:48

Personnel

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References

  1. Sunnyside Records album entry accessed April 15, 2015
  2. Red Mitchell Discography, accessed April 15, 2015
  3. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. One Long String – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 15, 2015.