The Hal Russell Story | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | July 1992 | |||
Studio | Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 73:13 | |||
Label |
ECM ECM 1498 | |||
Producer | Steve Lake | |||
Hal Russell chronology | ||||
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The Hal Russell Story is the final album by the Hal Russell NRG Ensemble, recorded in Switzerland in July 1992 and released on ECM the following year—Russell's final recording before his death, five weeks later. [1] [2]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
DownBeat | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "It would be great if Hal Russell were still around serving up his wonderfully skewed jazz-rock, but this is as wonderful and fitting an epitaph as one could hope for." [3]
The DownBeat review by Bill Shoemaker says that "Russell's circuitous route to Haldom is recounted here as a gloriously kaleidoscopic sound experience waxed just five weeks before his death." [4]
All compositions by Hal Russell except as indicated
The Hal Russell Story | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | July 1992 | |||
Studio | Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 73:13 | |||
Label |
ECM ECM 1498 | |||
Producer | Steve Lake | |||
Hal Russell chronology | ||||
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The Hal Russell Story is the final album by the Hal Russell NRG Ensemble, recorded in Switzerland in July 1992 and released on ECM the following year—Russell's final recording before his death, five weeks later. [1] [2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
DownBeat | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "It would be great if Hal Russell were still around serving up his wonderfully skewed jazz-rock, but this is as wonderful and fitting an epitaph as one could hope for." [3]
The DownBeat review by Bill Shoemaker says that "Russell's circuitous route to Haldom is recounted here as a gloriously kaleidoscopic sound experience waxed just five weeks before his death." [4]
All compositions by Hal Russell except as indicated