Paradise Space Shuttle Explained

Paradise Space Shuttle
Type:	Album
Artist:	George Adams Quintet
Cover:	Paradise Space Shuttle.jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	December 21, 1979 at Sound Ideas Studio, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:14
Label:	Timeless SJP 127
Producer:	Wim Wigt
Chronology:	George Adams
Prev Title:	Don't Lose Control
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Sound Suggestions
Next Year:	1980

Paradise Space Shuttle is an album by the American jazz saxophonist George Adams, recorded in late 1979 and released on the Dutch Timeless label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Hartford Courant praised Adams's "muscular but lithe attack."^[3] The Ottawa Citizen wrote that "Metamorphosis for Mingus" "is a highlight for its structure, its improvisational level and its derivations."^[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars, noting that "there's a sense of spontaneity that borders on informality, but Adams is excellent throughout".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by George Adams except as indicated

1. "Intentions" - 4:45
2. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) - 4:26
3. "Metamorphosis for Mingus" - 6:53
4. "Paradise Space Shuttle" - 4:10
5. "City of Peace" - 6:46
6. "Funk-a-Roonie Peacock" - 14:00

Personnel

• George Adams – tenor saxophone
• Ron Burton – piano
• Don Pate – bass
• Al Foster – drums
• Azzedin Weston - percussion

Notes and References

1. http://go54321.tripod.com/ga/session.html George Adams discography
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Timeless_100.htm Timeless Records SJP series discography
3. News: McNally . Owen . Jazz . Hartford Courant . 27 Jan 1980 . 4G.
4. News: Moody . Lois . Moody's Jazz . Ottawa Citizen . 15 Feb 1980 . TGIF . 22.
5. Loewy, S., AllMusic Review, accessed February 17, 2015