Severe Clear (album)

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Severe Clear
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Studio album by
Andy Laverne
Released1990
RecordedMarch 1990
Genre Jazz
Length63:27
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1273
Producer Nils Winther
Andy LaVerne chronology
Natural Living
(1989)		Severe Clear
(1990)		 Standard Eyes
(1990)

Severe Clear is an album by pianist Andy LaVerne recorded in 1990 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

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Paul Kohler of AllMusic stated "this recording finds Laverne in top gear playing some of the most incredible chord voicings". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Andy LaVerne.

  1. "Severe Clear" – 7:23
  2. "No Guts, No Glory" – 8:39
  3. "Plasma Pool" – 9:10
  4. "Fact or Fiction" – 6:13
  5. "Rick's Trick" – 6:31
  6. "Trajectory" – 7:59
  7. "Three Times Twice" – 9:16
  8. "Ethereal Spheres" – 8:20

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 16, 2017
  2. ↑ SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed March 16, 2017
  3. ↑ Andy LaVerne discography, accessed March 16, 2017
  4. 1 2 Kohler, Paul. Andy LaVerne: Severe Clear – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 870. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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