Eddie Allen Quintet - Remembrance (1993) [2019 SACD + DSD64]

Trumpeter, composer, arranger, author…Eddie Allen is one of the more versatile musicians on the New York scene. He's called upon to play everything from jazz (big band as well as small ensembles) to R&B/Pop to Latin to symphonic to Broadway, and everything in between. He's worked with such jazz greats as" Art Blakey, Billy Harper, Randy Weston, Dizzy Gillespie, Henry Threadgill, Bobby Watson, Jon Faddis, Benny Carter, Panama Francis, Joe Henderson and Steve Turre. He has recorded and performed with, as well as composed for: Louis Hayes, Lester Bowie, Jack McDuff, Etta Jones & Houston Person, Mongo Santamaria, Chico Freeman, Charli Persip, Vanessa Rubin and Muhal Richard Abrams.

"What would you get if you melded a bit of Art Blakey to the imagination of Lester Bowie? You'd get trumpeter Eddie Allen…" - Nancy Ann Lee, JazzTimes

"Allen's control of the timbers, from guttural moans to clarion peals, and his ability to squeeze whimpers out of brass and hurl them at the listener, marks him as a horn man to watch." - W. Royal Stokes, The Washington Post


Tracks:

1. Nudge 《 E. Allen 》
2. Remembrance 《 E. Allen 》
3. Sarah 《 E. Allen 》
4. It's The Nights I Like 《 R. Reid 》
5. Baptized In The Fire 《 D. Harrison 》
6. Once In A While 《 M. Edwards & B. Green 》
7. The Spoiler 《 E. Allen 》
8. I Can't Explain 《 R. Reid 》
9. To Those Who Unselfishly Gave 《 E. Allen 》
10. Later 《 E. Allen 》

Personnel:

Eddie Allen - trumpet and flugelhorn
Donald Harrison - alto and soprano saxophone
Kenny Barron - piano
Rufus Reid - bass
Carl Allen – drums