Constant Throb
{{Infobox album|
| name = Constant Throb
| type = Album
| artist = John Klemmer
| cover = Constant Throb.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1971
| recorded = August 12 & 19, 1971
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:44
| label = Impulse!
| producer = Stiches
| chronology = John Klemmer
| prev_title = Eruptions
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Waterfalls
| next_year = 1972
}}
Constant Throb is an album by American saxophonist and composer John Klemmer released on the Impulse! label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9200-series/#as-9214 Impulse! Records discography] accessed January 5, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/constant-throb-r142212 Allmusic Review] accessed January 5, 2012
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/120 120]
}}
}}
Track listing
:All compositions by John Klemmer
- "Constant Throb Part I" – 2:03
- "Constant Throb Part II" – 6:24
- "Neptune" – 5:11
- "Let Me Touch the Wind" – 6:47
- "California Jazz Dance" – 4:19
- "Rainbows" – 5:38
- "Crystaled Tears" – 4:37
- "Precious Leaf" – 5:45
- Recorded at Western Recorders in Los Angeles, California on August 12 (tracks 1–3, 5, 6 & 8) and August 19 (tracks 4 & 7), 1971
Personnel
- John Klemmer – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, electric piano, percussion, echoplex
- Don Menza – alto flute, bass clarinet
- Mike Lang – piano, electric piano
- Mike Wofford – electric piano, clavinet
- Howard Roberts – guitar
- Wilton Felder, Reggie Johnson – bass
- Jim Keltner, Shelly Manne – drums
- Gary Coleman, Mark Stevens – percussion
- Marni Nixon – vocals (tracks 1 & 2)