Total Response
| Total Response | ||||
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| Released | April 1972[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 15, 1970 (#1, 2, 6, 9) January 29, 1971 (#3-5, 7, 8) | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:47 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84368 | |||
| Producer | Francis Wolff, George Butler | |||
| Horace Silver chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Total Response (subtitled The United States of Mind Phase 2) is an album by jazz pianist Horace Silver released on the Blue Note label in 1972 featuring performances by Silver with Cecil Bridgewater, Harold Vick, Richie Resnicoff, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker, with vocals by Salome Bey and Andy Bey.[3] In 2004, it was included as the second of a trilogy of albums compiled on CD as The United States of Mind.[4]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars, and called the album a "sprawling, incoherent, and just plain weird mess of funk, fusion, soul-jazz, African spirituality, and hippie mysticism".[5]
Track listing
All compositions by Horace Silver
- "Acid, Pot or Pills" - 4:26
- "What Kind of Animal Am I" - 3:38
- "Won't You Open up Your Senses" - 3:56
- "I've Had a Little Talk" - 3:46
- "Soul Searching" - 4:15
- "Big Business" - 5:22
- "I'm Aware of the Animals Within Me" - 3:45
- "Old Mother Nature Calls" - 6:17
- "Total Response" - 5:22
Personnel
- Horace Silver - electric piano
- Cecil Bridgewater - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Harold Vick - tenor saxophone
- Richie Resnicoff - guitar
- Bob Cranshaw - electric bass
- Mickey Roker - drums
- Salome Bey (1, 2, 5-7, 9), Andy Bey (3, 4, 8) - vocals
References
- ^ Billboard Apr 29, 1972
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ Horace Silver discography accessed November 24, 2009.
- ^ West, Michael J. "JazzTimes 10: Essential Horace Silver Recordings". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
- ^ Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review, accessed November 24, 2009.
