Radium (Either Orchestra album)

Radium
Studio album by
Either/Orchestra
Released1988
RecordedAugust 2, 1987 - January 31, 1988
StudiosThe Outpost, Stoughton, MA and Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge, MA
GenreJazz
Length1:08:55
LabelAccurate (AC-3232)
ProducerRuss Gershon
Either/Orchestra chronology
Dial "E"
(1987)		 Radium
(1988)		 The Half-Life of Desire
(1990)

Radium is an album by the Either/Orchestra recorded in 1987 and 1988 and released by the Accurate Records label in 1988.[1] Radium was nominated a Boston Music Award for Outstanding Jazz Album (Indie) in 1989.[2][3]

Track listing

  1. "Born in a Suitcase" (Russ Gershon) – 6:44
  2. "Hard to Know" (Russ Gershon) – 5:00
  3. "Moanin’ (Introduction)" (Charlie Kohlhase) – 2:59
  4. "Moanin’" (Charles Mingus) – 7:55
  5. “Insomnia” (Russ Gershon) – 12:22
  6. "Nutty/Ode to Billie Joe” (Thelonious Monk/Bobbie Gentry) – 7:33
  7. "Odwallah" (Roscoe Mitchell) – 10:53
  8. "Willow Weep for Me"[3] (Ann Ronell) – 15:40

Personnel

  • Russ Gershon – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, arranger[4]
  • John Carlson – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Tom Halter – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Curtis Hasselbring – trombone
  • Russell Jewell – trombone
  • Charlie Kohlhase – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
  • John Dirac – electric guitar, arranger[3]
  • Mike Rivard – bass
  • Jerome Deupree – drums
  • Robb Rawlings – alto saxophone
  • Kenny Freundlich – piano, synthesizer
  • George Hicks – engineer, producer

References

  1. ↑ "Radium, Either Orchestra". Allmusic.com. July 5, 2026. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
  2. ↑ "BOSTON MUSIC AWARD NOMINEES ACT OF THE YEAR: [THIRD EDITION]". Boston Globe. March 10, 1989.
  3. 1 2 3 Sachs, Lloyd (March 30, 1989). "Either/Orchestra bends rules for jazz, pop, big-band music: [FIVE STAR SPORTS FINAL edition]". Chicago Sun-Times.
  4. ↑ Kennedy, Gary W. "Either/Orchestra." Grove Music Online. 2003; Accessed 5 Jul. 2026. https://www-oxfordmusiconline-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-2000560700.
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