Sightsong

Sightsong
Studio album by Muhal Richard Abrams & Malachi Favors
Released 1976
Recorded October 13 & 14 1975
Genre Jazz
Length 39:47
Label Black Saint
Producer Giacomo Pellicciotti
Muhal Richard Abrams chronology

Afrisong
(1975)		 Sightsong
(1976)		 1-OQA+19
(1978)

Sightsong is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams and Malachi Favors which was released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1976.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick calls the album "one of Abrams's finest recordings and is also perhaps the best showcase for Malachi Favors' talents outside of his seminal work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago".[2]The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide called the album "a more successful survey from 1975 with Art Ensemble bassist Malachi Favors along to help Abrams explore the AACM's roots ".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [3]


Track listing

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams except as indicated

  1. "W.W. (Dedicated to Wilbur Ware)" - 4:57
  2. "J.G. (Dedicated to Johnny Griffin)" - 5:35
  3. "Sightsong" - 6:18
  4. "Two over One" - 6:16
  5. "Way Way Way Down Yonder" (Malachi Favors) - 5:28
  6. "Panorama" - 5:59
  7. "Unitry (Dedicated to the AACM)" - 5:14

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Black Saint Records discography, accessed April 20, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed April 1, 2009
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 3–4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.