The October Suite
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.
Reception
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".Track listing
- "Remember When" – 4:52
- "St. Tropez Shuffle" – 6:22
- "One I Could Have Loved" – 7:13
- "Traffic Patterns" – 7:38
- "Childhood Dreams" – 6:34
- "Open Highway" – 6:03
Personnel
- Steve Kuhn – piano
- Gary McFarland – arranger, conductor
- Isadore Cohen, Matthew Raimondi – violin
- Al Brown – viola
- Charles McCracken – cello
- Don Ashworth, Joe Firrantello, Irving Horowitz, Gerald Sanfino – woodwinds
- Corky Hale – harp
- Ron Carter – bass
- Marty Morell – drums