Rush Hour (Joe Lovano album)
Rush Hour is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano featuring an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller recorded in 1994 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Recorded | April 6 – June 12, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 63:54 | |||
| Label | Blue Note | |||
| Producer | Joe Lovano | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is one of the most exciting jazz releases of 1995... on the basis of this date alone, Lovano must rank as one of the top tenors of the 1990s".[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Tom Hull | B[4] |
Track listing
- All compositions by Joe Lovano except as indicated
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 3:58
- "Peggy's Blue Skylight" (Charles Mingus) - 3:33
- "Wildcat" - 2:57
- "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 5:09
- "Rush Hour On 23rd Street" (Gunther Schuller) - 8:53
- "Crespuscle With Nellie" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:43
- "Lament For M" (Schuller) - 5:41
- "Topsy Turvy" - 4:27
- "The Love I Long For" (Howard Dietz, Vernon Duke) - 3:11
- "Juniper's Garden" - 2:40
- "Kathline Gray" (Ornette Coleman) - 3:26
- "Headin' Out Movin' In" (Schuller) - 11:13
- "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:41
Personnel
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, drums, arranger
- Gunther Schuller – arranger
- Jack Walrath – trumpet
- David Taylor – bass trombone, tuba
- John Clark – French horn
- Richard Oatts – flute, tenor saxophone
- Ed Schuller, Mark Helias – bass
- George Schuller – drums
- James Chirillo – guitar
- Judi Silvano – vocals
References
- Joe Lovano discography accessed July 21, 2011
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 21, 2011
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- "Tom Hull: Grade List: Joe Lovano". Tom Hull. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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