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Imagination (Curtis Fuller album)

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Imagination
Studio album by
The Curtis Fuller Sextette
Released1960
RecordedDecember 17, 1959
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreJazz
Length37:27
LabelSavoy
MG 12144
ProducerHerman Lubinsky
Curtis Fuller chronology
The Curtis Fuller Jazztet
(1959)
Imagination
(1960)
Images of Curtis Fuller
(1960)

Imagination is an album by American trombonist Curtis Fuller's Sextette recorded in 1959 and released on the Savoy label.[1][2][3][4]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
New Record Mirror[6]

The Allmusic website awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although the material (other than the lone standard "Imagination") is unfamiliar, the chord changes inspire the players to create some fine solos. Easily recommended to hard bop fans lucky enough to find this album".[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Curtis Fuller except where noted

  1. "Kachin" - 6:57
  2. "Bang Bang" - 6:11
  3. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 6:50
  4. "Blues de Funk" - 9:10
  5. "Lido Road" - 8:23

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Savoy Records Discography accessed September 5, 2012
  2. ^ Jazzdisco: Curtis Fuller Catalog, accessed October 22, 2019
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Curtis Fuller Leader Entry, accessed October 22, 2019
  4. ^ Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the Savoy/Savoy Jazz label, accessed October 22, 2019
  5. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 5, 2012
  6. ^ Griffiths, David (19 October 1963). "Curtis Fuller, Benny Goson: Imagination" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 136. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.