Angle (album)

Angle
Studio album by Howard Riley
Released 1969
Recorded December 3, 1968
January 2, 1969
London
Genre Jazz
Length 40:10
Label CBS
Producer David Howells
Howard Riley chronology
Discussions
(1968)Discussions1968
Angle
(1969)
The Day Will Come
(1970)The Day Will Come1970

Angle is an album by English jazz pianist Howard Riley, which was released on CBS in 1969 as part of their Realm Jazz Series, and reissued on CD by Columbia in 1999. It features his working trio of that period, with bassist Barry Guy and drummer Alan Jackson. The fully notated "Three Fragments" is a flute-piano duet with Barbara Thompson.[1]

Reception

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Riley is the only credited composer on the album, which perhaps accounts for its thoughtful and rather reserved character."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Howard Riley
  1. "Exit" – 5:00
  2. "Gormenghast" – 7:02
  3. "S&S" – 2:15
  4. "Fragment" – 7:40
  5. "Angle" – 7:10
  6. "Aftermath" – 2:30
  7. "Three Fragments" – 2:51
  8. "Gill" – 5:42

Personnel

References

  1. Original Liner Notes by Howard Riley
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1244. ISBN 0140515216.
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