Consciousness! (Eric Kloss album)

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Consciousness!
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedJanuary 6, 1970
StudioNew York City
GenrePost-bop, jazz fusion
Length42:17
LabelPrestige
PR 7793
ProducerDon Schlitten
Eric Kloss chronology
To Hear Is to See!
(1969)
Consciousness!
(1970)
Doors
(1972)

Consciousness! is an album by saxophonist Eric Kloss with guitarist Pat Martino and rhythm section Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette which was recorded on January 6, 1970 and released on Prestige later that same year. Kloss had recorded his previous album, To Hear Is to See!, six months previously with the same rhythm section.[1][2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sunshine Superman"Donovan10:14
2."Kay"Eric Kloss10:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Outward Wisdom"Pat Martino6:05
2."Songs to Aging Children"Joni Mitchell6:58
3."Consciousness"
  • Danny DePaola
  • Kloss
8:36

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed April 8, 2013
  2. ^ Eric Kloss discography accessed May 26, 2015
  3. ^ a b AllMusic listing accessed April 8, 2013
  4. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 120.