Blues Cruise

Blues Cruise is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Cheek. It was released by Fresh Sound New Talent.

Blues Cruise
Studio album by
Chris Cheek
Released2006
RecordedMarch 16–17, 2005
StudioAvatar Studios, NYC.
GenreJazz
LabelFresh Sound New Talent
ProducerChris Cheek

Background

Cheek had released three albums for Fresh Sound New Talent before this one.[1] In addition to Cheek on saxophones, the Brad Mehldau trio were the other musicians.[2]

Music and recording

The album was recorded at Avatar Studios, New York City, on March 16 and 17, 2005.[1] Mehldau plays Fender Rhodes on some tracks.[2]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The JazzTimes reviewer wrote that "The group strikes an appealing middle ground between old-school and modernist interpretative styles."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as containing "measured thinking, unexpected and slippery development, and a taste for the macabre."[3]

Track listing
  1. "Flamingo" (Grouya-Anderson) – 5:23
  2. "Low Key Lightly" (Ellington) – 6:36
  3. "Coo" (Cheek) – 6:49
  4. "Squirrelling" (Cheek) – 5:42
  5. "Song of India" (Korsakov) – 3:47
  6. "Falling" (Cheek) – 6:19
  7. "Blues Cruise" (Cheek) – 7:43
  8. "John Denver" (Cheek) – 6:05
  9. "The Sweatheart Tree" (Mancini) – 5:08

Personnel
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References
  1. "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise". Fresh Sound Records. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  2. Bryant, Forrest Dylan (January/February 2007) "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise". JazzTimes.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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