Lifelong Ambitions
Live album by
Leroy Jenkins
Released1977
RecordedMarch 11, 1977
GenreJazz
Length39:03
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerGiacomo Pellicciotti
Leroy Jenkins chronology
Solo Concert
(1977)		 Lifelong Ambitions
(1977)		 The Legend of Ai Glatson
(1978)

Lifelong Ambitions is a live album by American jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins recorded in 1977 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[4]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Leroy Jenkins, free jazz's greatest violinist, has always worked best in intimate situations with equally talented partners. He certainly had the optimum conditions on this duet date".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, and commented: "The duos with Abrams are... both traditionally minded and innovative... Like their titles... the pieces are kept pretty abstract (and are all almost exactly the same length). There's a patient, almost schoolmasterly side to Abrams's playing. Jenkins moves off into pan-tonality a few times, but he stays firmly anchored in an identifiable key for most of the set, even when his partner has dissolved the normal ties of melody and accompaniment."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Leroy Jenkins
  1. "Greetings and Salutations" - 6:29
  2. "Meditation" - 6:26
  3. "Happiness" - 6:38
  4. "The Blues" - 6:37
  5. "The Weird World" - 6:28
  6. "The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost" - 6:25
  • Recorded at the Washington Square Church in New York City on March 11, 1977

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Black Saint discography accessed June 28, 2011
  2. 1 2 Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2011
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 778. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 366.
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