The Black Ark | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
Noah Howard chronology | ||||
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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]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
All About Jazz | [5] |
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] [6]
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". [5]
All compositions by Noah Howard
The Black Ark | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
Noah Howard chronology | ||||
|
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]
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
All About Jazz | [5] |
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] [6]
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". [5]
All compositions by Noah Howard