World Bass Violin Ensemble - Bassically Yours (2024)

Artist: World Bass Violin Ensemble, Bob Cunningham, Brian Smith, Fred Hopkins, Greg Maker, Phil Bowler, Rick Rozie, Rufus Reid, Thurman Barker
Title: Bassically Yours
Year Of Release: 1984 / 2024
Label: Black Saint
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 41:03
Total Size: 202 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Bassically Yours
Year Of Release: 1984 / 2024
Label: Black Saint
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 41:03
Total Size: 202 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Dr. Norma (For Norma Nager) (11:24)
2. Oppeizm (Dedicated To Oscar Pettiford) (07:26)
3. Mwanga Rag (For Kunle Mwanga) (03:00)
4. Moody's Mood For Love (03:00)
5. A Lease And A Link (For Elizabeth Link) (10:48)
6. And We Thought We Were So Different (For Ernest And Eleanor Smith) (05:16)
Personnel:
Double Bass – Bob Cunningham
Double Bass – Brian Smith
Double Bass – Fred Hopkins
Double Bass – Greg Maker
Double Bass – Phil Bowler
Double Bass – Rick Rozie
Double Bass – Rufus Reid
Percussion – Thurman Barker
"The collective playing is venturesome and reveals a flexibility that reflects an essential element of strength and creativity. The compositions by Brian Smith exhibit his expertise in melodic and harmonic invention, arranging, and voicing. ...The only compositions on this recording which is not by Brian is the traditional classic, 'Moody's Mood for Love', which is Eddie Jefferson's work based on an improvisation by James Moody. ...The first solo on 'Oppeizm' is by Brian Smith, followed by Greg Maker, Bob Cunningham, Rick Rozie, Fred Hopkins, Phil Bowler and, finally, Rufus Reid." (source: from the CD's liner notes by Kunle Mwanga, 1984)