Snooze (album)

Snooze
Studio album by Joanne Brackeen
Released	1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:42
Label	Choice CRS 1009
Joanne Brackeen chronology
Snooze (1975) Invitation (1976)

Snooze is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1975 and released on the Choice label before being rereleased as Six Ate on CD on Candid in 1996. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[6]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Pianist Joanne Brackeen's debut album (after a barely documented period with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) is a very impressive effort. ... Her chord voicings are thick and sometimes quite dense, but this music is strangely accessible". ^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joanne Brackeen except where noted.

1. "Nefertiti" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:56
2. "Circles" (Miles Davis) – 7:19
3. "C-Sri" – 6:07
4. "Zulu" – 4:46
5. "Sixate" – 4:49
6. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) – 6:48
7. "Snooze" – 6:24
8. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:46 Bounus track on CD release

Personnel

• Joanne Brackeen – piano
• Cecil McBee – bass
• Billy Hart – drums

References

1. Jazzlists: Choice LP discography accessed February 13, 2017
2. Ziegler, F. Choice Records listing accessed February 13, 2017
3. Candid Records: album entry accessed February 13, 2017
4. Yanow, Scott. Joanne Brackeen – Snooze: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 13, 2017.
5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 28–29. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
6. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 153. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.