Orgasm
Alan Shorter
1969 · Verve · V6-8768
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August 7, 2026 — August 9, 2026
Compositionally, the record has an utterly distinctive atmosphere. It’s a cliché to apply notions of threat or unease to avant-tonalities: nonetheless, “sinister” is the operative word, an atmosphere drawing, perhaps, from Alan’s love of the ambiguous spaces of horror and science-fiction movies – spaces of waiting, of threat, of tension and anticipation, or of sorrow (“Joseph” is a tribute to Shorter’s father, who’d died in a car accident on the way back from seeing Wayne perform with the Miles Davis Quintet.
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About the record
Amiri Baraka wrote: "It is a music meant to shake, to stir, to arouse. To call for a 'new dispensation,' perhaps, of the whole order of things." He praised the "total sound and conception and burning energy" of the musicians, and remarked: "There is a freshness to this music that makes you listen... till the last eerie passage.
Orgasm is an album by jazz hornist Alan Shorter recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.[1][2] It was also released under the title Parabolic during the same year in the UK.
Personnel
Alan Shorter - flugelhorn
Gato Barbieri - tenor saxophone
Charlie Haden (tracks 1 & 6) Reggie Johnson (tracks 3 & 4) - bass
Muhammad Ali (tracks 1 & 6), Rashied Ali (tracks 2–5) - drums
Tracklist
A1Parabola13:14
A2Joseph3:14
A3Straits of Blagellan6:23
B1Rapids10:33
B2Outeroids4:14
B3Orgasm11:17
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