| The October Suite | ||||
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| Released | January 1967 [1] | |||
| Recorded | October 14 and November 1, 1966 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:42 | |||
| Label | Impulse! A-9136 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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The October Suite is an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn and composer/arranger/conductor Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label. [2]
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is an anomaly in the Impulse catalog of the time in that it did not pursue the free jazz realms with the vengeance that most of the label's other acts did during that year". [3]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
Recorded on October 14, 1966 (tracks 1-3) and November 1, 1966 (4-6).
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