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'''''Improvisational Jazz Workshop''''' is the second album by tenor saxophonist/composer-arranger [[Ed Summerlin]], recorded in collaboration with alto saxophonist/composer Don Heckman in September 1965 and March 1966, and released in 1967 on the [[ICTUS Records|Ictus]] label, with Heckman and Summerlin each composing two of the album's four tracks.<ref name=Allmusic/> It would be re-released the following year on the English Jazz Workshop label as ''Jax or Bettor''.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/604952523 "Jax or Bettor (Musical LP, 1968)"]. WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-03-27.</ref> The album also features relatively early appearances by pianist [[Steve Kuhn]] and bassists [[Ron Carter]] and [[Steve Swallow]] (the latter heard here approximately five years before switching exclusively to electric bass).<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22I+haven't+played+the+acoustic+bass+since+the+early+1970s%22&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=newspapers "The Pleasure They Take"]. ''[[The Prague Post]]''. June 30, 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-27.</ref>
'''''Improvisational Jazz Workshop''''' is the first and only album released by the group of the same name, led jointly by alto saxophonist Don Heckman and tenor saxophonist [[Ed Summerlin]], recorded in September 1965 and March 1966, and released in 1967 on the [[ICTUS Records|Ictus]] label, with Heckman and Summerlin each composing two of the album's four tracks.<ref name=Allmusic/> The eponymous LP would be re-released the following year on the English Jazz Workshop label as ''Jax or Bettor''.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/604952523 "Jax or Bettor (Musical LP, 1968)"]. WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-03-27.</ref>

Described in Heckman's liner notes as "a laboratory for the continuing exploration of new music,"<ref name=Dixonia>Young, Ben, editor (1998). [http://books.google.com/books?id=LqTZ6SrMkF0C&pg=PA323&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false "Played by Others"].''Dixonia: A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon''. Westport, CT. Greenwood Pubishing Group. p. . ISBN 0-313-30275-8. Retrieved 2013-05-15.</ref> the group existed from 1964 to 1972,<ref>Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira; editors (1999). [http://books.google.com/books?id=KEHGs88c-aAC&pg=PA309&dq=%22Heckman,+Don+(Donald%22&hl=en "Heckman, Don (Donald J.)"]. ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 309. ISBN 0-19-507418-1. Retrieved 2013-05-15.</ref> "[i]ts materials includ[ing] jazz, electronic music, happenings, theatrical events, dance, film, religious services, written music, improvised music, and chance music."<ref name=Dixonia/> The album also provided an early showcase for pianist [[Steve Kuhn]], as well as bassists [[Ron Carter]] and [[Steve Swallow]] (the latter heard here approximately five years before switching exclusively to electric bass).<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?q=%22I+haven't+played+the+acoustic+bass+since+the+early+1970s%22&tbs=nws:1,ar:1&source=newspapers "The Pleasure They Take"]. ''[[The Prague Post]]''. June 30, 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-27.</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
"[B]oth refreshing and successful" is how ''[[Down Beat]]'' described this album's "balance between written and extemporized music,"<ref>Quoted in [http://books.google.com/books?id=t3oJAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Ed+Summerlin%22+%22Improvisational+Jazz+Workshop%22&dq Ad for "Improvisational Jazz Workshop"], ''Jazz & Pop''. Volume 8, 1968. Retrieved 2013-03-31.</ref> while ''Jazz & Pop'' proclaimed Heckman "a major voice [who] must be heard," and noted Summerlin's synthesis of [[Sonny Rollins]] and [[Albert Ayler]].<ref>Quoted in [http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=Summerlin+mixes+Rollins+%22Heckman+is+a+major+voice%22+intitle:ARG&num=10 Ad for "Improvisational Jazz Workshop"], ''[[American Record Guide|ARG]]''. Volume 34. p. 341. Retrieved 2013-03-31.</ref>
"[B]oth refreshing and successful" is how ''[[Down Beat]]'''s Pete Welding described this album's "balance between written and extemporized music,"<ref name=DB/> while ''Jazz & Pop'' proclaimed Heckman "a major voice [who] must be heard," and noted Summerlin's synthesis of [[Sonny Rollins]] and [[Albert Ayler]].<ref>Quoted in [http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=Summerlin+mixes+Rollins+%22Heckman+is+a+major+voice%22+intitle:ARG&num=10 Ad for "Improvisational Jazz Workshop"], ''[[American Record Guide|ARG]]''. Volume 34. p. 341. Retrieved 2013-03-31.</ref>
Decades later, [[Allmusic]]'s [[Scott Yanow]] would give the album 3 stars, citing "impressive solos" by Heckman, "showing that he was one of the first to utilize the innovations of [[Eric Dolphy]] in his playing." While the long out-of-print album's "collector's item" status is duly noted by Yanow, the only fault found with the recording is "Lisa Zanda's purposely odd vocal on 'Five Haikus.'"<ref name=Allmusic/>
Decades later, [[Allmusic]]'s [[Scott Yanow]] would give the album 3 stars, citing "impressive solos" by Heckman, "showing that he was one of the first to utilize the innovations of [[Eric Dolphy]] in his playing." While the long out-of-print album's "collector's item" status is duly noted by Yanow, the only fault found with the recording is "Lisa Zanda's purposely odd vocal on 'Five Haikus.'"<ref name=Allmusic/>


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Improvisational Jazz Workshop is the first and only album released by the group of the same name, led jointly by alto saxophonist Don Heckman and tenor saxophonist Ed Summerlin, recorded in September 1965 and March 1966, and released in 1967 on the Ictus label, with Heckman and Summerlin each composing two of the album's four tracks.[1] The eponymous LP would be re-released the following year on the English Jazz Workshop label as Jax or Bettor.[4]

Described in Heckman's liner notes as "a laboratory for the continuing exploration of new music,"[5] the group existed from 1964 to 1972,[6] "[i]ts materials includ[ing] jazz, electronic music, happenings, theatrical events, dance, film, religious services, written music, improvised music, and chance music."[5] The album also provided an early showcase for pianist Steve Kuhn, as well as bassists Ron Carter and Steve Swallow (the latter heard here approximately five years before switching exclusively to electric bass).[7]

Reception

"[B]oth refreshing and successful" is how Down Beat's Pete Welding described this album's "balance between written and extemporized music,"[3] while Jazz & Pop proclaimed Heckman "a major voice [who] must be heard," and noted Summerlin's synthesis of Sonny Rollins and Albert Ayler.[8] Decades later, Allmusic's Scott Yanow would give the album 3 stars, citing "impressive solos" by Heckman, "showing that he was one of the first to utilize the innovations of Eric Dolphy in his playing." While the long out-of-print album's "collector's item" status is duly noted by Yanow, the only fault found with the recording is "Lisa Zanda's purposely odd vocal on 'Five Haikus.'"[1]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Jax or Bettor" (Heckman) – 9:45
  2. "Leisure No. 5" (Summerlin) – 7:40

Side Two

  1. "Dialogue" (Summerlin) – 9:17
  2. "Five Haikus" (Heckman) – 6:20

All track information accessed via JazzDiscography.com and the UMKC's Nichols Library collection.[9][2]

Personnel

Side One and Side Two, track 1 (recorded March 31, 1966)

  • Lew Gluckin – trumpet
  • Bob Norden – trombone
  • Don Heckman – alto sax
  • Ed Summerlin – tenor sax
  • Steve Kuhn – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Joe Hunt – drums

Side Two, track 2 (recorded September 3, 1965)

  • Add Lisa Zanda on vocals and replace Carter with Steve Swallow, and Hunt with Joe Cocuzzo.

All personnel information accessed via JazzDiscography.com.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Yanow, Scott. "Improvisational Jazz Workshop" Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  2. ^ a b Track listing & additional info. MOBIUS. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  3. ^ a b Welding, Pete. "Record Review: Don Heckman & Ed Summerlin: Improvisational Jazz Workshop". Down Beat. October 19, 1967.
  4. ^ "Jax or Bettor (Musical LP, 1968)". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  5. ^ a b Young, Ben, editor (1998). "Played by Others".Dixonia: A Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon. Westport, CT. Greenwood Pubishing Group. p. . ISBN 0-313-30275-8. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  6. ^ Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira; editors (1999). "Heckman, Don (Donald J.)". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 309. ISBN 0-19-507418-1. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  7. ^ "The Pleasure They Take". The Prague Post. June 30, 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  8. ^ Quoted in Ad for "Improvisational Jazz Workshop", ARG. Volume 34. p. 341. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  9. ^ a b Fitzgerald, Michael. "Don Heckman Leader Entry". Jazz Discography. October 2, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
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