Paradise Space Shuttle

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Paradise Space Shuttle
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Studio album by
George Adams Quintet
Released1979
RecordedDecember 21, 1979 at Sound Ideas Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length41:14
Label Timeless
SJP 127
Producer Wim Wigt
George Adams chronology
Don't Lose Control
(1979)
Paradise Space Shuttle
(1979)
Sound Suggestions
(1980)

Paradise Space Shuttle is an album by the American jazz saxophonist George Adams, recorded in late 1979 and released on the Dutch Timeless label. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Hartford Courant praised Adams's "muscular but lithe attack." [5] The Ottawa Citizen wrote that "Metamorphosis for Mingus" "is a highlight for its structure, its improvisational level and its derivations." [6]

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars, noting that "there's a sense of spontaneity that borders on informality, but Adams is excellent throughout". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by George Adams except as indicated

  1. "Intentions" - 4:45
  2. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) - 4:26
  3. "Metamorphosis for Mingus" - 6:53
  4. "Paradise Space Shuttle" - 4:10
  5. "City of Peace" - 6:46
  6. "Funk-a-Roonie Peacock" - 14:00

Personnel

References

  1. George Adams discography accessed February 19, 2015
  2. Timeless Records SJP series discography, accessed February 19, 2015
  3. 1 2 Loewy, S., AllMusic Review, accessed February 17, 2015
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  4. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. McNally, Owen (January 27, 1980). "Jazz". Hartford Courant. p. 4G.
  6. Moody, Lois (February 15, 1980). "Moody's Jazz". TGIF. Ottawa Citizen. p. 22.