album studio album american pianist respective work avant garde jazz movement 1960s faced career challenges jazz scene diverged left united_states europe 1970s met denmark recording album april sweet silence studio copenhagen jazz gospel album features interpretations african american folk melodies title allusion return african cultural roots recorded overcome emotion album recording historical cultural context songs surprised jazz listeners release praised music critics tone stylistic previous free jazz works satisfied album subsequently recorded album trouble mind reissued background forefront avant garde jazz movement 1960s faced career challenges 1970s style lost popularity jazz scene split artists played experimental sound like mainstream performer playing hard occasionally return free jazz sound support financially spent time playing europe left united_states eventually residence denmark signed interested recording gospel request producer recorded recorded album april sweet silence studio copenhagen denmark played tenor saxophone pieces soprano saxophone music according music journalist jazz gospel album played straightforward simplicity interpret traditional negro featuring african american folk melodies originated 1920s trouble mind looking bird series albums discography traditional musical styles broader series musical portraits album title alludes return african cultural roots viewed attempt cross span time history modern african americans black slaves interview beat said time recorded kind statement said started cry started playing album strain spiritual weight moment recalled momentarily afraid able album recording emotional state explained album melodic form employs scales melodic development practice common african african american folk music home pieces performed like free rhythm perform sudden intended delays particularly end bars phrases sections piece thirty bar form bar section comprising bar phrases choruses spiritual played interpretations include choruses original common jazz practice new melodic lines framework plays short impromptu passages melodic idea plays piano solos album pieces contributes songs sounds plays singing saxophone uses overtones weight expressive development melody add variety songs takes amazing grace moses exhibit split tones release reception released danish record label jazz listeners divided reaction album according texas monthly listeners surprised stylistic change viewed record promise believed revealed humor 1960s work hinted writing disclosed known warm hot witty writing praised work gave star rating finding particularly heartfelt boston_globe called exquisite new_york_times wrote marriage avant garde soul regarded classic art coda magazine praised exquisite control instrument literally makes able talk found sung performed added emotional aspect impressive technical skill stated satisfied recorded album blues inspired trouble mind album reissued given stars called particularly heartfelt retrospective review allmusic jazz critic gave half stars found performances compelling said listeners familiar earlier album revelation moon believed mood gives themes extra shot majesty found melodic writing necessary bring spirit forefront gave stars jazz cited finest albums career village_voice cited best release independent wrote album listened cease jazz historian called moving albums qualified praise iconic figure free jazz longer frightened unsettled white critics jazz fans felt like trial fire heart avant garde unusually expressive musician showed finding inspiration entire black musical tradition track listing songs traditional compositions noted arranged personnel credits adapted album liner notes design engineer piano assistant engineer arranger soprano saxophone tenor saxophone photography photographer producer
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