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Ode (London Jazz Composers' Orchestra album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ode

| type = Live album

| artist = Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra

| cover = Ode (London Jazz Composers Orchestra album).jpg

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| released = 1972

| recorded = 22 April 1972

| venue = Oxford Town Hall, England

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| genre = Free jazz

| length = 97:53

| label = Incus 6/7

| producer =

| chronology = Barry Guy

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| next_title = Zurich Concerts

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = CD reissue

| type = live album

| cover = Ode (LJCO CD).jpg

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Ode is an album by the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra composed by bassist Barry Guy and conducted by his teacher, Buxton Orr. It was recorded as part of the English Bach Festival at the Oxford Town Hall in 1972 and first released as a double album on the Incus label then as a double CD on Intakt in 1996 with additional material.Shapiro, R. [http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/intakt/int041.html Sessionography of Barry Guy] accessed May 10, 2016[http://www.intaktrec.ch/LJCO-a.htm Intakt Records: Barry Guy - London Jazz Composers Orchestra] accessed May 10, 2016[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Incus.htm Jazzlists: Incus LP discography] accessed May 10, 2016

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2score =👑

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The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek called it "among the most profound, hard-swinging, mind-bending exercises they've ever recorded" and states "the result is a stunning array of questions, colors, shapes, timbres, textures, and moods. For Guy to score such an intricate tome, opening up the orchestra is an artistic feat; for it to sound so approachable and welcoming to non-musicians, or those approaching the music tentatively or enthusiastically, Ode is a kind of miracle".{{AllMusic|first=Thom |last=Jurek |class=album |id=mw0000422720 |title=Ode – Review |accessdate=May 10, 2016}}

The Penguin Guide to Jazz identified the album as part of their suggested "Core Collection" of essential jazz albums and awarded the compilation a "Crown" signifying a recording that the authors "feel a special admiration or affection for".{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear = 1992|edition = 9th|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-141-03401-0|pages = 905|chapter = London Jazz Composers' Orchestra}}[http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/pjazz-core.php Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List], accessed May 10, 2016[http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/nm/notes/pjazz-crown.php Penguin Guide to Jazz: Crown Albums List], accessed May 10, 2016

Track listing

All compositions by Barry Guy.

  1. "Part I: Introduction - The End - Edgar Ende, 1931" - 8:58
  2. "Part II: Strophe I - Memory of the Future - Oscar Dominguez, 1939" - 8.56
  3. "Part III: Antistrophe I - Exact Sensibility - Oscar Dominguez, 1935" - 14.11
  4. "Part IV: Strophe II - Indefinite Indivisibility - Yves Tanguy, 1942" - 23.44
  5. "Part V: Antistrophe II - According to the Laws of Chance - Jean Arp, 1917" - 10.56
  6. "Part VI: Epôde - Presence of Mind- René Magritte, 1958" - 19.00
  7. "Part VII: Coda - Melancholy Departure - Georgio de Chirico, 1916" - 11.48 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

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Category:Live free improvisation albums

Category:Incus Records live albums

Category:Barry Guy live albums

Category:1972 live albums