The Calculus of Pleasure
| The Calculus of Pleasure | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | April 25, 1990 - June 27, 1990 | |||
| Studios | The Outpost, Stoughton, MA and Roxy's Downtown-Big Dog Studios, Wichita, KS | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:14:09 | |||
| Labels | Accurate AC-3252 | |||
| Producer | Russ Gershon | |||
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The Calculus of Pleasure is an album by the Either/Orchestra recorded in 1990, and released by the Accurate Records label in 1992.[1][2] Russ Gershon was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Composition for the second track on this album, Bennie Moten’s Weird Nightmare.[1]
Track listing
[edit]- Whisper Not (Benny Golson) – 9:09
- Bennie Moten’s Weird Nightmare (Russ Gershon) – 8:09
- Consenting Adults (Bob Nieske) – 9:42
- Ecaroh (Horace Silver) – 6:52
- Unnatural Pastime (Curtis Hasselbring) – 4:46
- The Hard Blues (Julius Hemphill) – 13:09
- Miles Away (Russ Gershon) – 14:51
- Grey (Bob Nieske) – 7:31
Personnel
[edit]- Russ Gershon – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, composer, mixing, producer[1]
- Tom Halter – trumpet
- John Carlson – trumpet
- Curtis Hasselbring – trombone
- Russell Jewell – trombone
- Douglas Yates – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
- Charlie Kohlhase – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone[3]
- John Medeski – piano, organ, DX7[4]
- John Dirac – electric guitar, arranger
- Bob Nieske – bass
- Matt Wilson – drums[3]
- Steven Falke – engineer
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Joyce, Mike (January 15, 1993). "Either/Orchestra: Definite `Pleasure': [FINAL edition]". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Gewertz, Daniel (May 26, 1992). "For Either/Orchestra, it's been a long, strange trip playing is pure pleasure to E/0". Boston Herald.
- 1 2 Norman, Tony (June 24, 1994). "Who said dead?: [SOONER edition]". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ↑ Scott, Heather K. (March 2000). "John medeski: Jazz for the 21st century". Piano & Keyboard – via Proquest.com.