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Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes

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Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes
Live album by
Released1998
RecordedMay 9, 1997
VenueVelvet Lounge, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length63:21
LabelDawk
ProducerErnest Dawkins
Ernest Dawkins chronology
Chicago Now Vol. 2
(1997)
Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes
(1998)
Jo'burg Jump
(2000)

Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, which was recorded live at Chicago's Velvet Lounge in 1997 and released on his own Dawk label.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[1]

The Down Beat review by Aaron Cohen states "What Dawkins shares with other notable Chicago improvisers is a dexterity on a number of reeds, as well as a skill in crafting compositions that are ideal for bands of like-minded navigators."[1]

Track listing

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All compositions by Ernest Dawkins except as indicated
  1. "10-16-if" – 9:49
  2. "Many Favors Part I" (Steve Berry) – 16:57
  3. "Many Favors Part II" (Steve Berry) – 7:32
  4. "Mother's Blues Velvet Shoes" – 7:31
  5. "Proof That the Evidence was Missing Intro" – 6:39
  6. "Proof That the Evidence was Missing" – 18:46

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cohen, Aaron. Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes review. Down Beat February 99: page 60. Print.