The Charlie Rouse Band - Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition (2025)

Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition is a reissue of the legendary saxophonist Charlie Rouse's Brazilian-inspired 1977 album, originally released on Douglas Records. Nearly 50 years later, Resonance is proud to present this deluxe, definitive edition of Cinnamon Flower, which contains nearly 30 minutes of previously unissued versions of songs from the original release captured by Resonance founder and engineer, George Klabin, at Sound Ideas studio in New York City, plus a track, "Meeting House," that has never been issued before on any release. The limited-edition 180-gram 2-LP set (and deluxe CD) was transferred from the original tapes and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, with new liner notes by author James Gavin and an interview statement by Charlie Rouse’s son, Charlie “Chico” Rouse, Jr. The stellar band features jazz greats such as Dom Salvador, Ron Carter, Bernard Purdie and Claudio Roditi.

Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Clifford Adams - trombone
Claudio Roditi, Waymon Reid - trumpet
Lou Orenstein - flute
Dom Salvador - piano, Fender Rhodes
Albert Dailey - electric piano
Ted Dunbar, George Davis - electric guitar
Amaury Tristão - acoustic guitar
Jesse Levy, Ulysses Kirksey - cello
Wilbur Bascomb, Ron Carter- bass
Portinho, Bernard Purdie - drums
Carlos Martinez, Steve Thornton - percussion
Roger Powell - string synthesizer