Sphere - Pumpkins Delight-Live At Umbria Jazz (1986)

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Artist: Sphere
Title: Pumpkins Delight-Live At Umbria Jazz
Year Of Release: 1986
Label: Red Records[123207-2]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Post Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 56:57
Total Size: 362 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1.Pumpkins Delight 12:05
2.Tukudo 11:00
3.Saud's Song 10:40
4.Christina 9:10
5.Deceptakon 11:40

personnel :

Bass – Buster Williams
Drums – Ben Riley
Piano – Kenny Barron
Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse

This 1986 concert by the quartet Sphere is one of the short-lived group's high points, although it was not released until five years after the group had disbanded (in 1988) just prior to the death of Charlie Rouse. "Pumpkin's Delight" is a turbocharged blues by Rouse that kicks off the concert with a flourish. Kenny Barron's "Saud's Song" is another up-tempo cooker, an inventive post-bop vehicle that demonstrates why Barron became one of the most in demand pianists for recording sessions during the decade, as well as showcasing a potent opening solo by Rouse. Bassist Buster Williams composed the remaining three tracks. "Christina" is a pretty ballad, while "Tokudo" is a tricky bop chart and "Decaptkon" ranks as one of the more challenging works in the quartet's repertoire; it features Ben Riley's crisp brushwork and a fine solo by its composer. Recommended.~Ken Dryden

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