Lifelong Ambitions

Lifelong Ambitions is a live album by American jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins recorded in 1977 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]

Lifelong Ambitions
Live album by
Leroy Jenkins
Released1977
RecordedMarch 11, 1977
GenreJazz
Length39:03
LabelBlack Saint
ProducerGiacomo Pellicciotti
Leroy Jenkins chronology
Solo Concert
(1977)		 Lifelong Ambitions
(1977)		 The Legend of Ai Glatson
(1978)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[4]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Leroy Jenkins, free jazz's greatest violinist, has always worked best in intimate situations with equally talented partners. He certainly had the optimum conditions on this duet date".[2]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album 3 stars, and commented: "The duos with Abrams are... both traditionally minded and innovative... Like their titles... the pieces are kept pretty abstract (and are all almost exactly the same length). There's a patient, almost schoolmasterly side to Abrams's playing. Jenkins moves off into pan-tonality a few times, but he stays firmly anchored in an identifiable key for most of the set, even when his partner has dissolved the normal ties of melody and accompaniment."[3]

Track listing
All compositions by Leroy Jenkins
  1. "Greetings and Salutations" - 6:29
  2. "Meditation" - 6:26
  3. "Happiness" - 6:38
  4. "The Blues" - 6:37
  5. "The Weird World" - 6:28
  6. "The Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost" - 6:25
  • Recorded at the Washington Square Church in New York City on March 11, 1977

Personnel

References
  1. Black Saint discography accessed June 28, 2011
  2. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2011
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 778. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 366.
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