Smokehouse (album)

Smokehouse is the second album by American jazz saxophonist Glenn Spearman Double Trio, which was recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Black Saint label.[1]

Smokehouse
Studio album / Live album by
Glenn Spearman
Released1994
Recorded(1-4, 7) November 10, 1993
(5-6) November 8, 1993
Studio(1-4, 7) Bay Studios, Berkeley, California
(5-6) Kimball's Carnival, Emeryville, California
GenreJazz
Length75:11
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerLarry Ochs
Glenn Spearman chronology
Mystery Project
(1993)		 Smokehouse
(1994)		 Free Worlds
(2000)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "The music, not for the faint-hearted, is avant-garde, dissonant, and full of plenty of honest feeling and high energy. Listeners who enjoy Albert Ayler and Rova will find this passionate effort of strong interest."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes "Spearman's time in Europe opened up many interesting compositional ideas to him, but these performances are squarely in the tradition of the 1960s avant-garde, and their strength comes from Spearman's profound conviction that the ideas alumbrated at that time are far from exhausted but still constitute a lingua franca for improvisation."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Spearman except where noted

  1. "Axe, Beautiful Acts (Intake)" – 12:42
  2. "No!" (Ochs) – 5:01
  3. "Celestial Source" – 5:03
  4. "Operation at the Level of the Phrase" – 18:22
  5. "Painted with Lightning" – 18:21
  6. "Asaph" – 4:56
  7. "Axe, Beautiful Acts (Out-take)" – 10:46

Personnel

References
  1. Glenn Spearman discography by Rick Lopez
  2. Yanow, Scott. Glenn Spearman – Smokehouse: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1370. ISBN 0140515216.
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