Motility (album)

Motility is an album by American jazz pianist Steve Kuhn, recorded for ECM in January 1977 and released in April later that year, Kuhn's second album with his Ecstasy quartet, featuring saxophonist Steve Slagle and rhythm section Harvie Swartz and Michael Smith.^[2]

Motility
Studio album by Steve Kuhn and Ecstasy
Released	April 1977[1]
Recorded	January 1977
Studio	Tonstudio Bauer Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:31
Label	ECM ECM 1094 ST
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Steve Kuhn chronology
Trance (1975) Motility (1977) Non-Fiction (1978)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The Globe and Mail wrote that the music "[falls] in line somewhere between Chick Corea (from his early Return to Forever period) and McCoy Tyner, with some of the former's lyricism and a hint of the latter's energy."^[4]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden states, "This is one of Steve Kuhn's more unusual studio sessions... At times, the pianist seems less like a post-bop musician and more like someone dabbling in new-age music."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Kuhn except as noted.

Side I

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Rain Forest"		6:13
2.	"Oceans in the Sky"		5:07
3.	"Catherine"	Harvie Swartz	5:34
4.	"Bittersweet Passages"		4:54
Total length:			21:48

Side II

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Deep Tango"		7:27
2.	"Motility / The Child Is Gone"		7:21
3.	"A Danse for One"		3:03
4.	"Places I've Never Been"	Swartz	4:52
Total length:			22:43 44:31

Personnel

Ecstasy

• Steve Kuhn – piano
• Steve Slagle – soprano and alto saxophones, flute
• Harvie Swartz – bass
• Michael Smith – drums

Technical personnel

• Manfred Eicher – producer
• Martin Wieland – recording engineer
• Dieter Bonhorst – layout
• Maja Weber – cover design
• Roberto Masotti – photography