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Trying to Make Heaven My Home | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | March 3 & 4, 1979 at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik in Stuttgart, Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:21 | |||
Label | MPS 0068.234 | |||
Producer | Joachim-Ernst Berendt | |||
Billy Harper chronology | ||||
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Trying to Make Heaven My Home is an album led by saxophonist Billy Harper recorded on March 3 and 4, 1979, at Tonstudio Zuckerfabrik in Stuttgart (Germany) and released on the German MPS label. [1]
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AllMusic | [2] |
In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos states "A quintet recording for this incendiary tenor saxophonist. An extended, hard-blowing session". [2]
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