The Ways of Freedom

{{Infobox album

| name = The Ways of Freedom

| type = studio

| artist = Sergey Kuryokhin

| cover = The Ways of Freedom.jpg

| released = 1981

| recorded = 2 April 1981

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 54:25

| label = Melodiya

| producer =

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r142377}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{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=853}}

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The Ways of Freedom is a solo piano album by Sergey Kuryokhin.

Releases and reception

The album was first released by the Soviet label Melodiya. It was reissued by Leo Records. The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that Kuryokhin "can sound as tightly disciplined as a classical pianist and as vividly intense and rapid-fingered as [Art] Tatum." The AllMusic reviewer concluded: "This is an incredible document and shouldn't be missed by any serious student of avant-garde piano."

Track listing

"Theory and Practice" – 7:00
"The Wall" – 2:23
"The Rules of the Game" – 2:11
"Archipelago" – 8:44
"No Exit" – 1:47
"The Inner Fear" – 1:04
"The Other Way" – 15:46
"The Great Escape" – 4:44
"Fresh Air" – 4:20
"New Dawn" – 3:29

References

Category:1981 albums

Category:Solo piano jazz albums