The Tender Storm Explained

The Tender Storm
Type:	Album
Artist:	Eddie Harris
Cover:	The Tender Storm.jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	March 8 and September 19, 1966 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:20
Label:	Atlantic SD 1478
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun
Chronology:	Eddie Harris
Prev Title:	Mean Greens
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	The Electrifying Eddie Harris
Next Year:	1967

The Tender Storm is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review states "In a sense, this LP was really the calm before the storm, the album where Eddie Harris unveiled some new wrinkles in his act that would explode on the very next album Electrifying, while hewing tightly to a standard acoustic quartet format. Here he starts to use the Varitone amplified saxophone, albeit very discreetly, as he sticks mostly to the doubled octave effects for a suave tone that allows for some slippery swinging".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

1. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright) - 6:16
2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:02
3. "Tender Storm" - 5:31
4. "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) - 7:09
5. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 4:27
6. "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Lerner, Frederick Loewe) - 7:55

• Recorded in New York City on March 8 (track 5), and September 19 (tracks 1-4 & 6), 1966

Personnel

• Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, varitone
• Ray Codrington - trumpet (track 5)
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Ron Carter - bass
• Billy Higgins (track 5), Bobby Thomas (tracks 1-4 & 6) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1478 Atlantic Records discography
2. http://www.eddieharris.com/#discography Eddie Harris discography
3. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed May 8, 2012