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Instant Death (album)

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Instant Death
Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedDecember 7, 1971
StudioBrunswick Recording Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length36:24
LabelAtlantic
SD 1611
ProducerEddie Harris, Marvin Lagunoff
Eddie Harris chronology
Second Movement
(1971)
Instant Death
(1972)
Eddie Harris Sings the Blues
(1972)

Instant Death is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

The Allmusic review called the album "one of Eddie Harris's stronger Atlantic albums of the 1970s".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "Instant Death" - 5:46
  2. "Little Wes" (Ronald Muldrow) - 7:30
  3. "Zambezi Dance" (Harris, Muldrow, Muhal Richard Abrams, Master Henry Gibson, Billy James) - 4:09
  4. "Summer's on Its Way" - 7:46
  5. "Nightcap" - 5:08
  6. "Superfluous" - 3:18
  7. "Tampion" - 2:47

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records discography accessed May 11, 2012
  2. ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 11, 2012
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.