Beat Kennel is an album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet recorded in Milan in 1987 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1][2]

Beat Kennel
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedApril 13–15, 1987
StudioBarigozzi Studio, Milano, Italy
GenreJazz
Length39:34
LabelBlack Saint
120 126-2
ProducerGiovanni Bonandrini
Rova Saxophone Quartet chronology
The Crowd
(1986)
Beat Kennel
(1987)
The Aggregate
(1988)

Reception edit

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

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "ROVA perfectly balances advanced arranged sections with dynamic individual and group improvising on this consistently stimulating set ... The results reward repeated listenings by open-minded avant-garde collectors".[3]

Track listing edit

  1. "El Amor en los Tiempos de la Finca" (Andrew Voigt) – 7:50
  2. "The Aggregate" (Jon Raskin) – 10:05
  3. "Sportspeak" (Voigt, Raskin, Larry Ochs, Bruce Ackley) – 5:07
  4. "Composition 37" (Anthony Braxton) – 5:39
  5. "What Was Lost Regained" (Raskin) – 10:53

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jazzlists: Black Saint Records main series discography accessed January 31, 2017
  2. ^ Rova Discography: Beat Kennel accessed January 31, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. ROVA – Beat Kennel: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1242. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.