Totally Spinning Explained

Totally Spinning
Type:	Album
Artist:	ROVA
Cover:	Totally Spinning.jpg
Released:	2006
Recorded:	April 14, 1996 and November 18 & 19, 2000
Studio:	Sharkbite Studios, Oakland, CA and Mr. Toads, San Francisco, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	39:34
Label:	Black Saint 120 206-2
Producer:	ROVA
Chronology:	Rova Saxophone Quartet
Prev Title:	Electric Ascension
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Juke Box Suite
Next Year:	2006

Totally Spinning is an album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet recorded in 1996 for the Italian Black Saint label but not released until 2006.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This is one of Rova's more accessible projects, although the music certainly has its adventurous and passionate moments. Recommended". On All About Jazz Jeff Stockton said it was "as approachable as Rova gets, an enjoyably listenable point of entry into the work of this groundbreaking veteran group".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Let's Go Totally Spinning" (Jon Raskin) – 8:08
2. "Stiction" (Steve Adams) – 6:35
3. "Radar" (Raskin, Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs) – 4:02
4. "Cuernavaca Starlight" (Adams) – 7:54
5. "Kick It" (Fred Frith) – 3:40
6. "It's a Journey, Not a Destination" (Raskin) – 15:49
7. "Preshrunk" (Adams) – 5:37
8. "Radar (Version 731)" (Raskin, Adams, Ackley, Ochs) – 8:11

• Recorded on April 14, 1996 at Sharkbite Studios, Oakland, CA (tracks 1 & 2) and November 18 & 19, 2000 at Mr. Toads, San Francisco, CA (tracks 3–8)

Personnel

• Bruce Ackley – soprano saxophone
  • Steve Adams – alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone Larry Ochs – tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone
• Jon Raskin – baritone saxophone

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Black_Saint_0150.htm Jazzlists: Black Saint Records main series discography
2. http://www.rova.org/projects/details-totally-spinning.html Rova Discography: Totally Spinning
3. Stockton, J., All About Jazz Review accessed January 31, 2017