Young at Heart/Wise in Time

Young at Heart/Wise in Time is an album by pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams released by the Delmark label in 1970 that featured an LP side-length solo piano composition and Abrams accompanied by Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, Lester Lashley and Thurman Barker on the other side.^[1]

Young at Heart/Wise in Time
Studio album by Muhal Richard Abrams
Released	1970
Recorded	2 June and 20 August 1969
Studio	Sound Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:12
Label	Delmark
Producer	Robert G. Koester
Muhal Richard Abrams chronology
Levels and Degrees of Light (1968) Young at Heart/Wise in Time (1970) Things to Come from Those Now Gone (1975)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls the album "Fascinating music, it is recommended strictly for the open-eared listener who does not demand that all jazz swing conventionally".^[5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Young/Wise combines the definitive Abrams solo performance of the period with a group of tracks of burning intensity".^[3] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said it has "a long example of Abram's reflective piano and a tighter group performance by an excellent AACM quintet".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams

1. "Young at Heart" - 29:20
2. "Wise in Time" - 21:52

Personnel

• Muhal Richard Abrams: piano
• Henry Threadgill: alto saxophone (track 2)
• Leo Smith: trumpet, flugelhorn (track 2)
• Lester Lashley: bass (track 2)
• Thurman Barker: drums (track 2)

References

1. Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400 series accessed September 23, 2019
2. Allmusic Review
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 3. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. Yanow, S.Allmusic Review accessed 1 April 2009