{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Habyor | type = Studio album | artist = Jim Black and AlasNoAxis | cover = Habyor.jpg | alt = | released = August 3, 2004 | recorded = 2004 | venue = | studio = | genre = Improvised music, jazz | length = 51:52 | label = Winter & Winter <small>910 073</small> | producer = Stefan Winter | chronology = Jim Black | prev_title = Splay | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Dogs of Great Indifference | next_year = 2006 }} '''''Habyor''''' is the third album by drummer Jim Black's AlasNoAxis featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Chris Speed, guitarist Hilmar Jensson and bassist Skúli Sverrisson recorded in 2004 and released on the Winter & Winter label.<ref>[http://www.winterandwinter.com/index.php?id=12 Winter & Winter discography], accessed November 25, 2014</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = AllAboutJazz | rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AAJ"/> }} In his review for Allmusic, Sean Westergaard said " this isn't really a jazz album. It's a rock album, but they use a horn player instead of a singer. Despite what some jazz purists may say, this doesn't make the music any less interesting or less valuable. In fact, if it's taken at face value, without expectations, it's a great album".<ref name="Allmusic">{{allMusic|first=Sean|last=Westergaard|class=album|title=Jim Black – ''Habyor'' > Review|id=mw0000209731|accessdate=November 25, 2014}}</ref> On AllAboutJazz John Kelman stated "Habyor may not make fans of purist jazz fans, but with singable melodies over mostly assertive rhythms, he creates engaging music that may draw more rock-oriented listeners over to the "dark side"."<ref name="AAJ">Kelman, J., [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/habyor-jim-black-winter-and-winter-review-by-john-kelman.php AllAboutJazz Review], August 3, 2004</ref> In JazzTimes, Bill Milkowski observed "Black has crafted a distinctive collection that goes for the simplicity of songs and the power of a unified band sound".<ref>Milkowski, B., [http://jazztimes.com/articles/15136-habyor-jim-black JazzTimes Review], November 2004</ref>
==Track listing== ''All compositions by Jim Black'' # "Talk About" - 4:04 # "Z" - 4:25 # "Rade" - 6:45 # "Cha" - 5:28 # "Part Wolf" - 5:56 # "Hello Kombiant" - 3:28 # "Let It Down" - 6:05 # "Be Real" - 4:32 # "Endgatherers" - 6:39 # "Stay Go" - 4:21
==Personnel== *Jim Black - drums, Wurlitzer piano, melodica, handsonic *Chris Speed - clarinet, tenor saxophone, Wurlitzer piano, accordion, casiotone *Hilmar Jensson - electric guitar *Skúli Sverrisson - electric bass
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Category:Winter & Winter Records albums Category:Jim Black albums Category:2004 albums