Enchance

1977 studio album by Billy Hart

Enchance

Studio album by

Billy Hart

Released

1977

Recorded

February 24 and March 3, 1977

Studio

Generation Sound Studio, New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

45:59

Label

Horizon
SP-725

Producer

Elliot Meadow

Billy Hart chronology

Enchance
(1977)

Oshumare
(1985)

Enchance is an album by American jazz drummer Billy Hart recorded in 1977 and released on the Horizon label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]

The Allmusic review by Eugene Chadbourne states, "The album actually seems to be something like the essence of so many enjoyable directions in improvised music during this period, and is full of the excitement such activity is known for when the action on the bandstand is at its best".^[4]

Track listing

"Diff Customs" (Oliver Lake) - 5:44
"Shadow Dance"" (Dave Holland) - 7:43
"Layla-Joy" (Billy Hart) - 6:55
"Corner Culture" (Dewey Redman) - 2:47
"Rahsaan is Beautiful" (Hannibal Marvin Peterson) - 4:31
"Pharoah" (Don Pullen) - 9:31
"Hymn for the Old Year" (Lake) - 8:48

Personnel

Billy Hart - drums, percussion
Oliver Lake - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7)
Hannibal Marvin Peterson - trumpet, koto
Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1,3 & 5)
Don Pullen - piano, electric piano
Mark Gray - piano, electric piano
Dave Holland (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7), Buster Williams (tracks 1, 3 & 5) - bass
Michael Carvin - percussion (track 5)

References

^ Don Pullen discography accessed February 2, 2015
^ Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series, accessed November 18, 2016
^ Jazzlists: A&M Horizon discography accessed December 4, 2019
^ ^a ^b Chadbourne, E., Allmusic Review accessed February 2, 2015