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The October Suite

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The October Suite
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1967[1]
RecordedOctober 14 and November 1, 1966
New York City
GenreJazz
Length38:42
LabelImpulse!
A-9136
ProducerBob Thiele
Gary McFarland chronology
Simpático
(1966)
The October Suite
(1967)
Soft Samba Strings
(1966)
Steve Kuhn chronology
Three Waves
(1966)
The October Suite
(1966)
Watch What Happens!
(1968)

The October Suite is an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn and composer/arranger/conductor Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.[2]

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is an anomaly in the Impulse catalog of the time in that it did not pursue the free jazz realms with the vengeance that most of the label's other acts did during that year".[3]

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

Track listing

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All compositions by Gary McFarland
  1. "Remember When" - 4:52
  2. "St. Tropez Shuffle" - 6:22
  3. "One I Could Have Loved" - 7:13
  4. "Traffic Patterns" - 7:38
  5. "Childhood Dreams" - 6:34
  6. "Open Highway" - 6:03

Recorded on October 14, 1966 (tracks 1-3) and November 1, 1966 (4-6).

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard Jan 28, 1967
  2. ^ Impulse! Records discography accessed April 1, 2011
  3. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed April 1, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 969. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.