Listen to the Silence
{{Infobox album
| name = Listen to the Silence
| type = Live album
| artist = George Russell
| cover = Listen to the Silence.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1973
| recorded = June 26, 1971
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 45:04
| label = Concept Records
| producer = George Russell
| chronology = George Russell
| prev_title = Trip to Prillarguri
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Living Time
| next_year = 1972
}}
Listen to the Silence is a live album by George Russell originally recorded in 1971 and released on the Concept label in 1973, featuring a performance by Russell with Stanton Davis, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, and Jon Christensen with vocal chorus.[http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/G/GeorgeRussell/TripToPrillarguri_x.html George Russell discography] accessed 10 November 2009.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r152532 |title=Listen to the Silence - George Russell |first=Eugene |last=Chadbourne |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=18 July 2011}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 174
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1250}}
}}
Track listing
:All compositions by George Russell - Text Credits: "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown, "The Mark" by Maurice Nicoll, "Duino Elegies" by Rainer Maria Rilke
- "Event I" - 6:31
- "Event II" - 8:19
- "Event III" - 16:18
- "Event IV" - 13:56
:*Recorded the Kongsberg Church in Kongsberg, Norway on June 26, 1971.
Personnel
- George Russell - timpani, arranger
- Stanton Davis - trumpet
- Jan Garbarek - tenor saxophone
- Terje Rypdal - electric guitar
- Webster Lewis - organ
- Bobo Stenson - electric piano
- Bjørnar Andresen - fender bass
- Arild Andersen - acoustic bass
- Jon Christensen - percussion
- Chorus of the Conservatory of Music in Oslo, Norway - Arnulv Hegstad, conductor
- Supplementally Chorus from the New England Conservatory
- Sue Auclair, Gailanne Cummings - soprano voice
- Joyce Gippo, Kay Dunlap - alto voice
- David Dusing, Ray Hardin - tenor voice
- Don Kendrick, Don Hovey, Dan Windham - bass voice