The Ear of the Behearer is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman featuring performances recorded in 1973 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 14, 2011 The CD reissue added four performances from Coincide (1974) as bonus tracks.
Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Some of the music is quite adventurous and free, while other tracks include some freebop, a struttin' blues, and quieter ballads... Intriguing music".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 14, 2011
Track listing All compositions by Dewey Redman "Interconnection" - 4:53 "Imani" - 7:07 "Walls-Bridges" - 4:06 "PS" - 5:36 "Boody" - 12:05 "Sunlanding" - 2:25 "Image (In Disguise)" - 6:32 "Seeds and Deeds" - 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue "Joie de Vivre" - 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue "Funcitydues" - 3:19 Bonus track on CD reissue "Qow" - 10:17 Bonus track on CD reissue Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York City on June 8 & 9, 1973 (tracks 1–7) and September 9 & 10, 1974 (tracks 8–11)
Personnel Dewey Redman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, musette Ted Daniel - trumpet, Moroccan bugle Leroy Jenkins - violin (tracks 8–11) Jane Robertson - cello (tracks 1–7) Sirone - bass, wood flute Eddie Moore - drums, saw, timpani, cymbal, gong, struck idiophone Danny Johnson - percussion (tracks 1–7)
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