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Colors in Thirty-Third

Field	Value
name	Colors in Thirty-Third
type	Album
artist	Muhal Richard Abrams
cover	Colors in Thirty-Third.jpg
released	1987
recorded	19 December 1986
genre	Jazz
length	41:05
label	Black Saint
producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
prev_title	Roots of Blue
prev_year	1986
next_title	The Hearinga Suite
next_year	1989

Colors in Thirty-Third is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1987 and featuring performances of seven of Abrams' compositions by Abrams, John Blake, John Purcell, Dave Holland, Fred Hopkins and Andrew Cyrille.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "Muhal Richard Abrams constantly varied the lineups on the seven numbers that comprised this 1986 session, alternating between trio, quartet, quintet and sextet pieces... Abrams as usual was an inspiring force as an instrumentalist and conceptualist". The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars stating "This might be thought to be Purcell's finest hour, but everyone contributes. The basic personnel divides into trio, quartet, quintet, and for the title piece and the significantly named "Introspection"; full sextet".

Track listing

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams

"Drumman Cyrille" - 6:03
"Miss Richarda" - 5:48
"Munktmunk" - 6:25
"Soprano Song" - 6:06
"Piano-Cello Song" - 8:34
"Colors in Thirty-Third" - 6:37
"Introspection" - 6:28

Recorded December 19, 1986 at Sound Ideas Studio, New York City

Personnel

Muhal Richard Abrams - piano
John Blake (tracks 4, 6 & 7) - violin
John Purcell - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Dave Holland (tracks 5, 6 & 7) - bass, cello
Fred Hopkins - bass
Andrew Cyrille (all except track 2) - drums

References

[http://allmusic.com/album//review Allmusic Review] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-07-16 accessed 11 July 2011)
Cook, Richard. (2006). "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings". Penguin.

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