Epitome (album)

Epitome
Epitome
Studio album by Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
Released	1994
Recorded	October 4–14, 1993
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:01
Label	Soul Note
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Odean Pope chronology

Epitome is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Odean Pope recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a truly unique and moving ensemble, making any of their discs recommended".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Odean Pope except as indicated

"Epitome" - 9:56
"In and Out" (Eddie Green) - 3:06
"Brisa" (Tyrone Brown) - 6:02
"Trilogy" (Brown, Pope) - 8:42
"Coltrane Time" (John Coltrane) - 5:34
"Lift Every Voice" (James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson) - 5:04
"Improvo" - 3:12
"Gray Hair" - 4:10
"Terrestrial" - 7:35
"Zanzibar Blue" (Dave Burrell) - 5:40

- Recorded at Morning Star Studio in Spring House, Pennsylvania on October 4–14, 1993

Personnel[edit]

Odean Pope, Glenn Guidone, Middy Middleton, Bootsie Barnes, Bob Howell – tenor saxophone
Julian Pressley, Sam Reed, Robert Landham - alto saxophone
Joe Sudler - baritone saxophone
Dave Burrell, Eddie Green – piano
Gerald Veasley – electric bass
Tyrone Brown – bass
Craig McIver – drums

References[edit]

^ Soul Note discography accessed July 22, 2011
^ ^a ^b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Soul_Note_discography-1] Soul Note discography accessed July 22, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Dave Burrell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	High Won-High Two (1968) Echo (1969) La Vie de Bohème (released 1969) After Love (1970) In: Sanity (The 360 Degree Music Experience, 1976) Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk (1978) Lush Life (1978) Windward Passages (hatART, 1979) Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981 (1981) The Jelly Roll Joys (1990) Recital (and Tyrone Brown, 2000) Expansion (2003) Consequences (2005) Margy Pargy (2005) Momentum (2005)
With David Murray	Hope Scope (1987) Ballads (1988) Deep River (1988) Lovers (1988) Lucky Four (1988) Spirituals (1988) Tenors (1988) Daybreak (Burrell, 1989) Remembrances (1990) Death of a Sideman (1991) In Concert (1991) Picasso (1992) Brother to Brother (1993)
With Archie Shepp	For Losers (1968–69) Kwanza (1968–69) The Way Ahead (1968) Black Gipsy (1969) Blasé (1969) Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969) Pitchin Can (1969–70) Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969) Things Have Got to Change (1971) Attica Blues (1972) The Cry of My People (1972) A Sea of Faces (1975) Body and Soul (1975) Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975) Montreux One (1975) Montreux Two (1975) There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975) U-Jaama (Unite) (1975) Lover Man (1988)
With others	Three for Shepp (Marion Brown, 1966) I Plan to Stay a Believer (William Parker, 2001–08) Essence of Ellington (William Parker, 2012) Epitome (Odean Pope, 1993) Black Woman (Sonny Sharrock, 1969)