Perugia (album)

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Perugia
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Live album by
Released1975
RecordedJuly 2, 1974
Venue Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Label Freedom
FLP 41010
Producer Alan Bates
Roland Hanna chronology
The New Heritage Keyboard Quartet
(1974)
Perugia
(1975)
Informal Solo
(1974)

Perugia (subtitled Recorded Live at the Montrex Jazz Festival) is a live album by pianist Roland Hanna featuring a solo performance recorded at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and released by the Freedom label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

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AllMusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated: "Excellent piano solos -- some of Hanna's sharpest". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Roland Hanna, except where indicated.

  1. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:14
  2. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:31
  3. "Time Dust Gathered" – 6:22
  4. "Perugia" – 8:12
  5. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) – 5:40
  6. "Wistful Moment" – 7:13

Personnel

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References

  1. Encilopedia del Jazz: Roland Hanna, accessed June 19, 2019
  2. Jazzlists: Roland Hanna discography, accessed June 19, 2019
  3. Selected Sir Roland Hanna Discography, accessed June 19, 2019
  4. Arista/Freedom Records listing, accessed June 19, 2019
  5. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. Roland Hanna: Perugia – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 19, 2019.