Music Inc.
| Music Inc. | ||||
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| Studio album by Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. & Big Band | ||||
| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | November 11, 1970, NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:52 | |||
| Label | Strata-East SES 1971 | |||
| Producer | George Klabin | |||
| Charles Tolliver chronology | ||||
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Music Inc. is an album by American jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. with a Big Band recorded in 1970 and first released on the Strata-East label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The remarkable Music, Inc. Big Band remains the apotheosis of trumpeter Charles Tolliver's singular creative vision. Rarely if ever has a big band exhibited so much freedom or finesse, while at the same time never overwhelming the virtuoso soloists on whom the performances pivots".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated
- "Ruthie's Heart" - 6:19
- "Brilliant Circles" (Stanley Cowell) - 4:53
- "Abscretions" (Cowell) - 7:03
- "Household of Saud" - 6:42
- "On the Nile" - 9:51
- "Departure" (Cowell) - 5:04
Personnel
- Charles Tolliver - trumpet
- Stanley Cowell - piano
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Jimmy Hopps - drums
- Bobby Brown - flute
- Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan - flute, tenor saxophone
- Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone, tuba
- Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams - trumpet
- Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin - trombone
References
- ^ Charles Tolliver leader discography accessed October 28, 2014
- ^ a b Ankeny, J., Allmusic Review accessed October 28, 2014
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 192. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
