Bloomington (album)
Bloomington is a jazz album by Branford Marsalis, featuring the trio that had recorded his studio album The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. It peaked at number 9 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.[1]
Bloomington | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | May 1993 | |||
Recorded | September 23, 1991 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 1:19:02 | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
Producer | Dr. George Butler (executive producer); Delfeayo Marsalis | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Los Angeles Times | |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[3] |
In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow calls the album "very long-winded and rather dull" and says of Marsalis that he "seems content to play the part of a chameleon, doing his impressions of late-period Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and (when he switches to soprano) Ornette Coleman."[1] The LA Times praised the recording, saying "the telling of what he finds is revealing and beautiful in ways only the best improvisational music can be."[2] Jazz historian David Hajdu called the recording "a career-positioning statement in matter-of-fact musical terms" and "insular music for the hard-bop elite" in a review for Entertainment Weekly[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Branford Marsalis, except where indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Xavier's Lair" | 15:14 | |
2. | "Everything Happens to Me" | Tom Adair, Matt Dennis | 7:52 |
3. | "The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born" | 19:24 | |
4. | "Citizen Tain" | 16:52 | |
5. | "Friday the 13th" | Thelonious Monk | 11:17 |
6. | "Roused About" | Robert Hurst | 7:20 |
Personnel
- Branford Marsalis – Saxophones
- Jeff "Tain" Watts - Drums
- Robert Hurst - Bass
References
- Yanow, Scott. "Bloomington". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
- Kohlhaase, Bill (1993-06-06). "Album Review: Branford Marsalis, Espressivo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
- Hajdu, David (1993-06-04). "Bloomington". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-10-20.