| The Black Ark | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Noah Howard |
| Cover: | The Black Ark (Noah Howard album).jpg |
| Released: | 1972 |
| Recorded: | 1969 |
| Studio: | Bell Sound (New York City) |
| Genre: | Free jazz |
| Length: | 40:34 |
| Label: | Freedom FLP 40105 |
| Producer: | Alan Bates and Noah Howard |
| Chronology: | Noah Howard |
| Prev Title: | Space Dimension |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Live at the Village Vanguard |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
The Black Ark is an album by American free jazz saxophonist Noah Howard recorded in New York City in 1969 for the Freedom label and was rereleased in 2007.[1] [2]
The AllMusic review by Brandon Burke awarded the album 4 stars stating "While The Black Ark is not altogether different than his other records from this period, it presents Howard in a new setting with a number of interesting avant-garde players... Easily recommended for fans of the 1969 BYG/ESP free jazz scene".[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz nominated the album as part of its "Core Collection" of recommended jazz recordings.[4] [5]
All About Jazz stated "By 1969, Howard was terrifyingly good: as a player, composer and bandleader. The four originals which make up The Black Ark—a mutant blues, a free jive samba, a cod-Japanese "ying-tong" melody and a wonderfully lyrical ballad—are catchy and hummable, at a time when most free jazz rejected tunes and structures".[6]
All compositions by Noah Howard