A Cloud of Red Dust

A Cloud of Red Dust is the debut album by jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris. It was recorded in 1997 and released by Blue Note Records.

A Cloud of Red Dust
Studio album debut by Stefon Harris
Recorded	October 1997
Genre	Post-bop Hard bop
Length	48:37
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Billy Banks, Stefon Harris
Stefon Harris chronology
A Cloud of Red Dust (1997) Black Action Figure (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

Recording and music

The album was recorded in October 1997.[2] Most of the material was composed by Harris.[1] For the album release, the tracks were connected with "short interludes to create an almost continuous suite".[2]

Release and reception

A Cloud of Red Dust was released by Blue Note Records.[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented on Harris's "flowing lyricism, grafted onto a swinging shuffle beat, a combination of metres that is always threatening to fall apart but never quite does".[2] The AllMusic reviewer concluded: "As a whole, A Cloud of Red Dust offers a fine baseline from which to track Stefon Harris' development as perhaps the next great vibraphone stylist."[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sophistry Harris"
2.	"And This Too Shall Pass"
3.	"Nature Music"
4.	"In the Garden of Thought"
5.	"Drum Storm"
6.	"The Prophet"
7.	"Sacred Forest"
8.	"A Cloud of Red Dust"
9.	"One String Blues"
10.	"Jamo"
11.	"For You Mom & Dad"

Personnel

• Stefon Harris – vibraphone, balafon, orchestra bells
• Dwayne Burno – double bass
• Kamati Dinizulu – harp, percussions
• June Gardner – Vocals
• Alvester Garnett – drums
• Mulgrew Miller, Jason Moran – piano
• Greg Osby – alto saxophone
• Steve Turre – trombone, shells
• Kaoru Watanabe – flute
• Steve Wilson – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone

References

1. A Cloud of Red Dust at AllMusic
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 657–658. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.