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2006 studio album by ROVA
Totally Spinning
Studio album by ROVA
Released2006
RecordedApril 14, 1996 and November 18 & 19, 2000
StudioSharkbite Studios, Oakland, CA and Mr. Toads, San Francisco, CA
GenreJazz
Length39:34
LabelBlack Saint
120 206-2
ProducerROVA
Rova Saxophone Quartet chronology
Electric Ascension
(2005) 		Totally Spinning
(2006) 		Juke Box Suite
(2006)

Totally Spinning is an album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet recorded in 1996 for the Italian Black Saint label but not released until 2006.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
All About Jazz

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This is one of Rova's more accessible projects, although the music certainly has its adventurous and passionate moments. Recommended". On All About Jazz Jeff Stockton said it was "as approachable as Rova gets, an enjoyably listenable point of entry into the work of this groundbreaking veteran group".

Track listing

  1. "Let's Go Totally Spinning" (Jon Raskin) – 8:08
  2. "Stiction" (Steve Adams) – 6:35
  3. "Radar" (Raskin, Adams, Bruce Ackley, Larry Ochs) – 4:02
  4. "Cuernavaca Starlight" (Adams) – 7:54
  5. "Kick It" (Fred Frith) – 3:40
  6. "It's a Journey, Not a Destination" (Raskin) – 15:49
  7. "Preshrunk" (Adams) – 5:37
  8. "Radar (Version 731)" (Raskin, Adams, Ackley, Ochs) – 8:11
  • Recorded on April 14, 1996 at Sharkbite Studios, Oakland, CA (tracks 1 & 2) and November 18 & 19, 2000 at Mr. Toads, San Francisco, CA (tracks 3–8)

Personnel

References

  1. Jazzlists: Black Saint Records main series discography accessed January 31, 2017
  2. Rova Discography: Totally Spinning accessed January 31, 2017
  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. ROVA – Totally Spinning: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. ^ Stockton, J., All About Jazz Review accessed January 31, 2017
Rova Saxophone Quartet
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
  • Andrew Voight
Studio albums
  • Favorite Street (1983)
  • The Crowd (1985)
  • Beat Kennel (1987)
  • Bingo (1996)
  • Totally Spinning (1996 & 2000)
  • Freedom in Fragments (2000)
  • The Celestial Septet (with the Nels Cline Singers, 2008)
    • Live albums
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