The October Suite is an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn and composer/arranger/conductor Gary McFarland featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 1, 2011
Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "it is an anomaly in the Impulse catalog of the time in that it did not pursue the free jazz realms with the vengeance that most of the label's other acts did during that year".Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed April 1, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Gary McFarland
"Remember When" – 4:52 "St. Tropez Shuffle" – 6:22 "One I Could Have Loved" – 7:13 "Traffic Patterns" – 7:38 "Childhood Dreams" – 6:34 "Open Highway" – 6:03
Recorded on October 14, 1966 (tracks 1–3) and November 1, 1966 (4–6).
Personnel Steve Kuhn – piano Gary McFarland – arranger, conductor Isadore Cohen, Matthew Raimondi – violin (tracks 1–3) Al Brown – viola (tracks 1–3) Charles McCracken – cello (tracks 1–3) Don Ashworth, Joe Firrantello (aka Joe Farrell), Irving Horowitz, Gerald Sanfino – woodwinds (tracks 4–6) Corky Hale – harp (tracks 4–6) Ron Carter – bass Marty Morell – drums
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