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Playground (Steve Kuhn & Sheila Jordan album)

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Playground
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1980[1]
RecordedJuly 1979
StudioColumbia Recording Studios
New York City
GenreJazz
Length41:31
LabelECM 1159
ProducerRobert Hurwitz
Steve Kuhn chronology
Non-Fiction
(1978)
Playground
(1980)
Last Year's Waltz
(1982)

Playground is an album by the Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan Band recorded in July 1979 and released on ECM March the following year. The quartet features rhythm section Harvie Swartz and Bob Moses.[2]

Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "Intriguing music".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Steve Kuhn
  1. "Tomorrow's Son" - 5:59
  2. "Gentle Thoughts" - 7:25
  3. "Poem For No. 15" - 7:09
  4. "The Zoo" - 4:36
  5. "Deep Tango" - 10:43
  6. "Life's Backward Glance" - 5:39

Personnel

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Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan Band

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References

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  1. ^ "Playground". ECM.
  2. ^ ECM discography Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 14, 2011
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 14, 2011
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 115. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.