Etudes (Charlie Haden album) explained

Etudes
Type:	Album
Artist:	Charlie Haden and Paul Motian featuring Geri Allen
Cover:	Etudes (album).jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1988
Recorded:	September 14–15, 1987
Genre:	Post-bop, free jazz, M-Base
Length:	48:34
Label:	Soul Note
Producer:	Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:	Charlie Haden
Prev Title:	In Angel City
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Silence
Next Year:	1989

Etudes is an album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Paul Motian recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1988.^[1] Haden and Motian were joined by pianist Geri Allen, with whom they had worked in her own trio.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "The communication between these three masterful players is quite impressive".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated

1. "Lonely Woman" (Ornette Coleman) - 9:55
2. "Dolphy's Dance" (Geri Allen) - 4:00
3. "Sandino" - 4:43
4. "Fiasco" (Paul Motian) - 5:38
5. "Etude II" (Motian) - 2:07
6. "Blues in Motian" - 6:59
7. "Silence" - 6:36
8. "Shuffle Montgomery" (Herbie Nichols) - 6:24
9. "Etude I" (Motian) - 2:12

• • Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios in New York City on September 14 & 15, 1987

Personnel

• Charlie Haden – bass
• Paul Motian - percussion
• Geri Allen - piano

Notes and References

1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/soulnote-label-discography-compiled-by.html Soul Note discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2011