Snooze (album) explained

Snooze
Type:	Album
Artist:	Joanne Brackeen
Cover:	Snooze (album).jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	1975
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:42
Label:	Choice CRS 1009
Chronology:	Joanne Brackeen
Next Title:	Invitation
Next Year:	1976

Snooze is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1975 and released on the Choice label before being rereleased as Six Ate on CD on Candid in 1996.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Pianist Joanne Brackeen's debut album (after a barely documented period with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) is a very impressive effort. ... Her chord voicings are thick and sometimes quite dense, but this music is strangely accessible".

Track listing

All compositions by Joanne Brackeen except where noted.

1. "Nefertiti" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:56
2. "Circles" (Miles Davis) – 7:19
3. "C-Sri" – 6:07
4. "Zulu" – 4:46
5. "Sixate" – 4:49
6. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) – 6:48
7. "Snooze" – 6:24
8. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:46 Bounus track on CD release

Personnel

• Joanne Brackeen – piano
• Cecil McBee – bass
• Billy Hart – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Choice.htm Jazzlists: Choice LP discography
2. Ziegler, F. Choice Records listing accessed February 13, 2017
3. http://store.candidrecords.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=61_142&product_id=127 Candid Records: album entry