Rodney Whitaker - Hidden Kingdom (1997) 320 kbps+Flac

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Title: Hidden Kingdom
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: DIW Records
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 67:09
Total Size: 407 MB(+3%) | 160 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1. Childhood 8:14
2. Blues in the Closet 9:46
3. Repentance 5:34
4. Mastery Through Love 7:18
5. Pilgrim Progress 3:43
6. First Impressions 6:41
7. The Child in the Womb 7:21
8. Hidden Kingdom 6:47
9. Open Hit (D. W.) 9:19
10. The Promise of You 2:26

On his second CD as a leader, Rodney Whittaker is joined by a rotating cast of Detroit's best jazz players and other guests for a program of original compositions by the group's members and one jazz classic, with Whittaker's big-toned bass anchoring the proceedings. Sax superstar James Carter guest stars on five of the ten selections, with his swing-based tone and cutting edge tendencies, although he is more restrained here than on his own recordings. Favorites include Whittaker's "Childhood," a multi-tempo composition that features an excellent alto sax solo by Cassius Richmond and an exciting trumpet-tenor duel between Dwight Adams and Ron Blake; a joyous romp on Oscar Pettiford's "Blues in the Closet"; Richmond's multi-themed and multi-tempo "First Impressions"; and Whittaker's lovely ballad "The Child in the Womb." Whittaker's bass playing and composing establish him as one to watch in the future.~Greg Turner