{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Journal October | type = Album | artist = David Darling | cover = Journal October.jpg | alt = | released = 1980 | recorded = October 1979 | venue = | studio = Tonstudio Bauer<br>Ludwigsburg, West Germany | genre = Jazz | length = 52:45 | label = ECM 1161 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = David Darling | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Cycles | next_year = 1981 }}
'''''Journal October''''' is the debut album by cellist David Darling, recorded in October 1979 and released on the ECM label.<ref name="ECM discography">[http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1160.php? ECM discography] accessed September 15, 2011</ref>
==Reception== The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although not strictly a jazz album, David Darling's 1979 solo release, ''Journal October'', deserves attention. His technique is amazing, even if a lot of times he's more interested in colors and textures than in rhythms. He's certainly influenced by contemporary classical music, and at times things get so introspective he almost seems detached. But it's worth investigating, for Darling is capable of exciting statements."<ref name="Allmusic">Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/journal-october-r137330 Allmusic Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810064133/http://www.allmusic.com/album/journal-october-r137330 |date=2011-08-10 }} accessed September 15, 2011</ref> {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Allmusic'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>}}
==Track listing== :''All music by David Darling'' # "Slow Return" - 12:55 # "Bells and Gongs" - 1:29 # "Far Away Lights" - 3:41 # "Solo Cello" - 5:46 # "Minor Blue" - 3:23 # "Clouds" - 6:17 # "Solo Cello" - 6:26 # "Solo Cello and Voice" - 2:59 # "Journal October, Stuttgart" - 10:21
==Personnel== *David Darling – cello, bells, gong, timpani, voice
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Category:ECM Records albums Category:David Darling (musician) albums Category:Albums produced by Manfred Eicher Category:1980 albums