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Action Refraction
Studio album by
Released2011
GenreJazz
LabelPalmetto Records
Ben Allison chronology
Think Free
(2009)
Action Refraction
(2011)
The stars Look Very Different Today
(2013)

Action-Refraction[1] is the 10th album by bassist Ben Allison. It was released on the Palmetto Records label in 2011.[2] It's his first album to focus on the compositions of others.

Track list

  1. Jackie-ing (Thelonious Monk) – 4:52
  2. Missed (PJ Harvey) – 5:15
  3. Some Day We'll All Be Free (Donny Hathaway) – 7:11
  4. Philadelphia (Neil Young) – 5:37
  5. St. Ita's Vision (Samuel Barber) – 7:00
  6. We've Only Just Begun (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) – 7:50
  7. Broken (Ben Allison) – 5:06

Personnel

  • Michael Blake – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Jason Lindner – Prophet 08 analog synthesizer, piano
  • Steve Cardenas – guitar
  • Brandon Seabrook – guitar (tracks 3,7)
  • Ben Allison – bass
  • Rudy Royston – drums

References

  1. ^ Jarenwattananon, Patrick. "First Listen: Action-Refraction". NPR. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  2. ^ Jarenwattananon, Patrick. "The Best Jazz of 2011". NPR. Retrieved 22 October 2013.