Slalom
Studio album by
Jane Ira Bloom
Released1988
RecordedJune 6–9, 1988
StudioRCA Studio A, NYC
GenreJazz
Length46:36
LabelColumbia Records
ProducerJane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom chronology
Modern Drama
(1987)		 Slalom
(1988)		 Art and Aviation
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Slalom is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. The album was released in 1988 by Columbia label.[2][3] Koch Jazz re-released the album in 1996. In the liner notes Bloom mentioned, "On this Compact Disc I tried to create a setting where the line between composed material and improvisation would disappear, so that simply the playing would come through. At the sessions, part of the challenge for a player was finding a creative edge on a number of pieces that weave in and out of the jazz tradition. Part of the challenge for our group was making it all flow."

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated, "Jane Ira Bloom is teamed with pianist Fred Hersch in a quartet that explores a variety of melodic material in unexpected ways. Bloom, one of the top soprano saxophonists around and a creative user of electronics, has a fairly original tone and her improvisations are consistently full of surprises."[1] A reviewer of The Crisis wrote, "Simplicity is her strong suit. The sound which she calls "jazz without a safety net" is so pleasant and comfortable that even non-jazz lovers are warming to it."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jane Ira Bloom except track 2 written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and track 7 written by Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin.

No.TitleLength
1."Mighty Lights"4:51
2."Gershwin's Skyline / I Loves You Porgy"5:28
3."Blues on Mars"4:02
4."Slalom"4:25
5."Ice Dancing (For Torvill and Dean)"3:34
6."Drums Like Dancing"4:41
7."If I Should Lose You"3:45
8."Light Years Away"4:19
9."Painting Over Paris"4:58
10."Miro"4:31
11."Mighty Lights II"1:58
Total length:46:36

Personnel

  • Jane Ira Bloom – soprano saxophone
  • Kent McLagan – double bass, electric bass
  • Tom Rainey – drums, percussion
  • Fred Hersch – piano

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Slalom - Jane Ira Bloom | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Gourse, Leslie (1996). Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists. Oxford University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-19-535555-0. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Lock, Graham; Murray, David (2009). The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art. Oxford University Press. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-19-988767-5. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Music". The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.: 11 February 1989. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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