Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature

Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature
Studio album by George Russell
Released	1969 / 1980
Recorded	April 28, 1969 (1968 Version) June 9 & 10 1980 (1980 Version)
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	51:49 (1968 Version) 48:13 (1980 Version)
Label	Flying Dutchman Records Strata-East Records Soul Note
George Russell chronology
George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (1965) Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1969) Trip to Prillarguri (1970)
1980 Soul Note Recording

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Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature is a work by jazz arranger George Russell originally written in 1968 and first recorded in concert in Norway on April 28, 1969 and released on the Flying Dutchman label. The 1969 recording featured Russell with Jan Garbarek, Manfred Schoof, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen, and Red Mitchell and was subsequently rereleased on Strata-East Records on LP in 1974.^[2]

Russell revisited the piece in 1980 with Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Victor Comer, Keith Copeland, Robert Moore and Lew Soloff. It was released on the Italian Soul Note label as an LP in 1980 and CD in 1985.^[3]

Contents 1 Tracklisting 2 Personell 2.1 1969 recording 2.2 1980 recording 3 References

Tracklisting

1968 Version

1. "Events 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" - 25:36
2. "Events 8-9-10-11-12-13-14" - 26:13

1980 Version

1. "Events 1-2-3-4-5-6-7" - 23:45
2. "Events 8-9-10-11-12-13-14" - 24:28

Personell

1969 recording

• Jan Garbarek: tenor saxophone
• Manfred Schoof: trumpet
• Terje Rypdal: electric guitar
• Jon Christensen: drums
• Red Mitchell: bass
• George Russell: piano

Recorded live at the Sonja Henie/Neils Onstad Center Oslo April 1969

1980 recording

• Jean-François Jenny-Clark: bass
• Victor Comer: guitar
• Keith Copeland: percussion
• Robert Moore: saxophones
• Lew Soloff: trumpet
• George Russell: piano, organ

Recorded June 9 & 10, 1980 at Barigozzi Studio, Milan

References