Beat Kennel Explained

Beat Kennel
Type:	Album
Artist:	Rova Saxophone Quartet
Cover:	Beat Kennel.jpg
Released:	1987
Recorded:	April 13–15, 1987
Studio:	Barigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:34
Label:	Black Saint 120 126-2
Producer:	Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:	Rova Saxophone Quartet
Prev Title:	The Crowd
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	The Aggregate
Next Year:	1988

Beat Kennel is an album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet recorded in Milan in 1987 for the Italian Black Saint label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "ROVA perfectly balances advanced arranged sections with dynamic individual and group improvising on this consistently stimulating set ... The results reward repeated listenings by open-minded avant-garde collectors".

Track listing

1. "El Amor en los Tiempos de la Finca" (Andrew Voigt) – 7:50
2. "The Aggregate" (Jon Raskin) – 10:05
3. "Sportspeak" (Voigt, Raskin, Larry Ochs, Bruce Ackley) – 5:07
4. "Composition 37" (Anthony Braxton) – 5:39
5. "What Was Lost Regained" (Raskin) – 10:53

Personnel

• Bruce Ackley – soprano saxophone
• Andrew Voigt – alto saxophone and sopranino saxophone on "What Was Lost Regained"
• Larry Ochs – tenor saxophone
• Jon Raskin – baritone saxophone and lead alto saxophone on "The Aggregate"

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Black_Saint_0100.htm Jazzlists: Black Saint Records main series discography
2. http://www.rova.org/projects/details-beat-kennel.html Rova Discography: Beat Kennel