Jerry Hahn & His Quintet - Jerry Hahn & His Quintet (1998)

Tracklist

01. In The Breeze
02. My Love
03. Dippin' Snuff
04. Ragahantar
05. Ara-Be-In

Interesting, eclectic set of five originals (all but one written by Hahn), from a date including Jack DeJohnette on drums. Some of the cuts swing pretty well in a bop-Django Reinhardt sort of fusion, with Michael White on violin. Ragahantar and Ara-Be-In, by contrast, are fusions of jazz with middle-eastern music and a bit of a psychedelic rock drive, not unlike the kinds of things that a rock group of the period, Kaleidoscope, would occasionally try on their albums. Previously available as an LP on its original Changes release and an Arhoolie reissue, it was reissued on CD in 1998, but at just half an hour it's pretty skimpy on running time.