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Elaborations

FieldValue
nameElaborations
typeAlbum
artistArthur Blythe
coverElaborations.jpg
released1982
recorded1982
genreJazz
labelColumbia
producerJim Fishel, Arthur Blythe
chronologyArthur Blythe
prev_titleBlythe Spirit
prev_year1981
next_titleLight Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk
next_year1983

Elaborations is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe, released in 1982.

Reception

|editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This post bop music (which falls between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde) is well worth several listens". In The Boston Phoenix, Bob Blumenthal focused on cellist Abdul Wadud's playing ("his bowing is clear and mobile as a violinist's, his lines are sweeping and rhapsodic"), but also noted that "there are other rewards as well on Elaborations: Stewart's barrel-chested blowing, Bell's growing assertiveness, Blythe’s invigorating swing".

Track listing

:All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated

  1. "Elaborations" - 7:23
  2. "Metamorphosis" - 6:18
  3. "Sister Daisy" - 7:17
  4. "One Mint Julep" (Rudolph Toombs) - 4:54
  5. "Shadows" - 4:25
  6. "Lower Nile" - 10:37 :Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York

Personnel

  • Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
  • Abdul Wadud - cello
  • Kelvyn Bell - guitar
  • Bob Stewart - tuba
  • Bobby Battle - drums
  • Wilbur Morris - bass (track 3)
  • Muhammad Abdullah - congas (track 6)

References

References

  1. (29 Sep 1982). "The Pop Life". The New York Times.
  2. (Nov 25, 1982). "Elaborations".
  3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic
  4. (September 21, 1982). "Bows and 'bones". The Boston Phoenix.
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