Slalom (album)

Slalom
Slalom
Studio album by Jane Ira Bloom
Released	1988
Recorded	June 6–9, 1988
Studio	RCA Studio A (New York City)
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:36
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Jane Ira Bloom
Jane Ira Bloom chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Length
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

^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. "Slalom - Jane Ira Bloom | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Gourse, Leslie (1996). Madame Jazz: Contemporary Women Instrumentalists. Oxford University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-19-535555-0. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ 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.
^ "Music". The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.: 11 February 1989. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

External links

Official website

[AM-1] 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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