| The Stratus Seekers | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | George Russell |
| Cover: | The Stratus Seekers.jpg |
| Released: | May or June 1962 |
| Recorded: | January 31, 1962 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 45:12 |
| Label: | Riverside |
| Producer: | Orrin Keepnews |
| Prev Title: | Ezz-thetics |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | The Outer View |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
The Stratus Seekers is an album by George Russell released in May or June 1962 on Riverside Records.[1] [2] The album contains performances by Russell with John Pierce, David Baker, Paul Plummer, Don Ellis, Steve Swallow and Joe Hunt.
In his review in the August 16, 1962 of Down Beat magazine Harvey Pekar says this of Russell: "His work abounds with such devices as polyphony, polytonality, and changing tempos and time signatures. He is also a brilliant orchestrator... producing constantly varying sonorities and textures."[3] A retrospective Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states that "The music has its own logic, is somewhat difficult to classify, yet deserves further attention by jazz historians and analysts".[4]
All compositions by George Russell except where noted.