Tes Esat

Tes Esat
Studio album by
Alan Shorter
Released1971 (1971)
RecordedMarch 11, 1970
StudioDecca Studios, Paris, France
GenreJazz
Length40:44
LabelAmerica
30 AM 6118
ProducerPierre Berjot
Alan Shorter chronology
Orgasm
(1968) 		Tes Esat
(1971)

Tes Esat is an album by jazz trumpeter Alan Shorter, recorded in Paris in 1970 and released on the French America label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

AllMusic rated the album 4 stars with its review by Brandon Burke stating, "On this, the last of his leader dates, Shorter's compositions employ relatively vague stutter-step heads and then quickly dive right into free improvisation without looking back".[2]

Writing for JazzTimes, Peter Margasak called the recording "a scalding album" featuring "fire-breathing saxophone work" by Gary Windo.[4]

Clifford Allen of Paris Transatlantic described Tes Esat as "a sketchier and more mysterious follow-up" to Shorter's debut album, and commented: "It's difficult to say whether Shorter's music is 'likeable', as it's so difficult to make sense of. Is this sloppy and poorly intoned, also-ran improvising and unimaginative composition or the perfect springboard based on what would otherwise be shortcomings? I still haven't decided, but Shorter is definitely one of the most unique figures of his generation."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Alan Shorter

  1. "Disposition Part One" - 20:30
  2. "Disposition Part Two" - 6:00
  3. "Beast of Bash" - 3:10
  4. "One Million Squared" - 8:10

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Verve Records’ Free America Series: French Freedom, JazzTimes July/August 2005
  2. ^ a b Burke, Brandon. Tes Esat – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1294. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Margasak, Peter (July 1, 2005). "Verve Records' Free America Series: French Freedom". JazzTimes. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  5. ^ Allen, Clifford (May 2005). "MAY News". Paris Transatlantic. Retrieved March 22, 2023.