Snooze is an album by American pianist Joanne Brackeen recorded in 1975 and released on the Choice label before being rereleased as Six Ate on CD on Candid in 1996.[1][2][3]

Snooze
Studio album by
Released1975
Recorded1975
GenreJazz
Length50:42
LabelChoice
CRS 1009
Joanne Brackeen chronology
Snooze
(1975)
Invitation
(1976)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [6]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "Pianist Joanne Brackeen's debut album (after a barely documented period with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) is a very impressive effort. ... Her chord voicings are thick and sometimes quite dense, but this music is strangely accessible".[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Joanne Brackeen except where noted.

  1. "Nefertiti" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:56
  2. "Circles" (Miles Davis) – 7:19
  3. "C-Sri" – 6:07
  4. "Zulu" – 4:46
  5. "Sixate" – 4:49
  6. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) – 6:48
  7. "Snooze" – 6:24
  8. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:46 Bounus track on CD release

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Jazzlists: Choice LP discography accessed February 13, 2017
  2. ^ Ziegler, F. Choice Records listing accessed February 13, 2017
  3. ^ Candid Records: album entry accessed February 13, 2017
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Joanne Brackeen – Snooze: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.