In: Sanity

In: Sanity
Studio album by The 360 Degree Music Experience
Released 1976
Recorded March 8 & 9, 1976
Genre Jazz
Length 78:36
Label Black Saint
The 360 Degree Music Experience chronology
From Ragtime to No Time
(1975)
In: Sanity
(1975)
Beautiful Africa
(1979)

In: Sanity is an album by American jazz group The 360 Degree Music Experience led by drummer Beaver Harris and pianist Dave Burrell recorded in 1976 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album four stars, calling it "Improvisational music with world music touches... An essential purchase for the adventurous listener".[2] The Rolling Stone Jazz and Blues Album Guide also gave it four stars.[3] Musichound Jazz called it "one of their best albums": "Typically wide ranging, it includes one certified classic: 'Sahara,' in which a steel pan orchestra meets collective jazz improvisation."[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

Track listing

  1. "Tradewinds" (Dave Burrell) - 6:31
  2. "In: Sanity Suite Part I: Skull Job" (Baver Harris) - 6:46
  3. "In: Sanity Suite Part II: TM's Top" (Harris) - 4:25
  4. "In: Sanity Suite Part III: Complete Operation" (Harris) - 18:42
  5. "Open" (Harris) 21:30
  6. "Full, Deep and Mellow" (Hamiet Bluiett) - 6:31
  7. "Sahara" (Francis Haynes) - 9:15
  • Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City on March 8 & 9, 1976

Personnel

References

  1. Black Saint Records discography accessed May 6, 2011
  2. 1 2 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed May 6, 2011
  3. John Swenson, Rolling Stone Jazz and Blues Album Guide (Random House, 1999: ISBN 0679768734), p. 292.
  4. Steve Holtje, Nancy Ann Lee (eds.), Musichound Jazz (Schirmer Trade Books, 2001: ISBN 0825672538), p. 526.
  5. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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