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Generation (Hal Russell album)

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Generation
Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedSeptember 9, 1982
Solid Sound Studios
GenreJazz
Length53:27
LabelNessa
N 25
ProducerChuck Nessa
Hal Russell chronology
Eftsoons
(1984)
Generation
(1982)
Conserving NRG
(1984)

Generation is an album by American avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble with Charles Tyler, recorded in 1982 and originally released on the Nessa label.[1] It was reissued in 2014 with two bonus tracks previously unreleased from an early audition recording made when the band was a pre-Sandstrom quartet.[2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "As on any NRG Ensemble recording, there are no dull moments, but this one is supplanted by the joy, wisdom, and immaculate sense of the unknown that Charles Tyler brought to the date".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Hal Russell except as indicated

  1. "Sinus Up" (Brian Sandstrom) - 3:47
  2. "Poodle Cut" (Steve Hunt) - 12:50
  3. "Sponge" - 10:42
  4. "Tatwas" - 3:20
  5. "Cascade" - 19:07
  6. "Generation" (Curt Bley) - 3:41

Bonus tracks (2014 CD reissue)

  1. "This Fence is a Loving Machine" - 4:26
  2. "Uncontrollable Rages" - 13:55
Recorded January 10, 1981

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Nessa Records discography, accessed May 6, 2014
  2. ^ Generation at Nessa Records
  3. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed May 6, 2014