Motility is an album by American jazz pianist and composer Steve Kuhn

Steve Kuhn

Steve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...

 and his band Ecstasy recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is one of Steve Kuhn's more unusual studio sessions, which was recorded for ECM in 1977. At times, the pianist seems less like a post-bop musician and more like someone dabbling in new age music".

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Kuhn except as indicated

1. "The Rain Forest" - 6:15
2. "Oceans in the Sky" - 5:07
3. "Catherine" (Harvie Swartz) - 5:32
4. "Bittersweet Passages" - 4:55
5. "Deep Tango" - 7:28
6. "Motility / The Child is Gone" - 7:21
7. "A Danse for One" - 3:00
8. "Places I've Never Been" (Swartz) - 4:52
   • Recorded at Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, Germany in January 1977

Personnel

• Steve Kuhn
  Steve Kuhn
  Steve Kuhn is an American jazz pianist, composer and trio leader.-Biography:He began studying piano at the age of five and studied under Boston piano teacher Margaret Chaloff, mother of jazz baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff, who taught him the "Russian style" of piano playing. At an early age he...
  
   - piano
  Piano
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• Steve Slagle
  Steve Slagle
  Steve Slagle is an American jazz saxophonist.Slagle was born in Los Angeles and grew up in suburban Philadelphia. he received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. He came to New York in 1976, playing with Machito and his Afro-Cuban orchestra, and played successively with Ray Barretto,...
  
   - soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
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  , alto saxophone
  Alto saxophone
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  , flute
  Flute
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• Harvie Swartz
  Harvie Swartz
  Harvie S is an American jazz double-bassist.S learned piano as a child and did not begin playing bass until 1967, when he was nineteen years old. He attended Berklee College of Music and played in and around Boston with Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Mose Allison, and Chris Connor...
  
   - bass
  Double bass
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• Michael Smith - drums
  Drum kit
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