Generation (Hal Russell album)


Generation is an album by American avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble with Charles Tyler, recorded in 1982 and originally released on the Nessa label. It was reissued in 2014 with two bonus tracks previously unreleased from an early audition recording made when the band was a pre-Sandstrom quartet.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "As on any NRG Ensemble recording, there are no dull moments, but this one is supplanted by the joy, wisdom, and immaculate sense of the unknown that Charles Tyler brought to the date".

Track listing

All compositions by Hal Russell except as indicated
  1. "Sinus Up" - 3:47
  2. "Poodle Cut" - 12:50
  3. "Sponge" - 10:42
  4. "Tatwas" - 3:20
  5. "Cascade" - 19:07
  6. "Generation" - 3:41
Bonus tracks
  2. "This Fence is a Loving Machine" - 4:26
  4. "Uncontrollable Rages" - 13:55

Personnel