Amethyst is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 1993 and released on the Arabesque label.[1][2]
| Amethyst | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | May 27 & 29, 1993 | |||
| Studio | Sound on Sound Recording, Inc., NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 66:52 | |||
| Label | Arabesque AJ0105 | |||
| Producer | Marc Copland | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by David R. Adler stating, "there's plenty of beautiful music on the album, plenty of representative brilliance from all these fine players, and even a substantial amount of originality and vision".[3]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Billy Hart except as indicated
- "Amethyst" - 12:14
- "King of Harts" (John Stubblefield) - 7:35
- "El Junque" (Santi Debriano) - 7:32
- "Melanos" (David Fiuzynski) - 10:09
- "Irah" - 6:52
- "Asylum" (Mark Feldman) - 12:05
- "Dirty Dogs" (David Kikoski) - 10:25
Personnel
edit- Billy Hart - drums
- John Stubblefield - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
- David Fiuczynski - guitar
- David Kikoski - piano
- Marc Copland - keyboards (tracks 5 & 6)
- Mark Feldman - violin
- Santi Debriano - bass
References
edit- ^ Billy Hart discography accessed February 3, 2015
- ^ Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography accessed May 14, 2018
- ^ a b Adler, D. R., Allmusic Review accessed February 3, 2015
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 661. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.