Music Inc.
1971 studio album by Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. & Big Band
Music Inc. jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver 's Music Inc. with a Big Band recorded in 1970 and first released on the Strata-East label.[ 1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The remarkable Music, Inc. Big Band remains the apotheosis of trumpeter Charles Tolliver's singular creative vision. Rarely if ever has a big band exhibited so much freedom or finesse, while at the same time never overwhelming the virtuoso soloists on whom the performances pivots".[ 2]
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated
"Ruthie's Heart" - 6:19
"Brilliant Circles" (Stanley Cowell) - 4:53
"Abscretions" (Cowell) - 7:03
"Household of Saud" - 6:42
"On the Nile" - 9:51
"Departure" (Cowell) - 5:04
Personnel
Charles Tolliver - trumpet Stanley Cowell - piano Cecil McBee - bass Jimmy Hopps - drums Bobby Brown - flute
Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath , Clifford Jordan - flute, tenor saxophone
Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone , tuba Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams - trumpet
Garnett Brown , Curtis Fuller , John Gordon, Dick Griffin - trombone
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums Live albums
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
As leader WithArt Farmer WithMilt Jackson With
That's Right! Nat Adderley , 1960)Up with Donald Byrd Regeneration Stanley Cowell , 1975)Miles Davis Volume 2 Kenny Dorham Quintet Showboat Kenny Dorham , 1960)Black Drops Charles Earland , 1970)Soul Trombone Curtis Fuller , 1961)Smokin' The Quota Red Garland , 1971)Kwanza (The First) Albert Heath , 1973)Homecoming! Elmo Hope , 1961)Hub Cap Freddie Hubbard , 1961)Jay Hawk Talk Carmell Jones , 1965)The Soul Society Sam Jones , 1960)The Chant Down Home Latin Mann Blue Soul Blue Mitchell , 1959)A Sure Thing MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration Keep Swingin' Julian Priester , 1960)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)Music Inc. Charles Tolliver , 1970)New York, New Sound Gerald Wilson , 2003)Turned to Blue Nancy Wilson , released 2006)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As WithArt WithCharles WithLee WithMax WithCedar With
Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny Clark Quintets My Conception Epistrophy & Now's the Time Richard Davis , 1972)Dealin' Iron Man Eric Dolphy , 1963)Conversations To Bird with Love Dizzy Gillespie , 1992)Roots Slide Hampton , 1985)Luminous John Hicks and Elise Wood , 1985)Shades Andrew Hill , 1986)J.J. Inc. J.J. Johnson , 1961)Con Alma! Charles McPherson , 1965)Any Old Time Carmen McRae , 1986)Carmen Sings Monk Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 Mingus Dynasty , 1988)Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 Pony's Express Pony Poindexter , 1962)Manhattan Project Dizzy Reece , 1976)The Jazz We Heard Last Summer Sahib Shihab , 1957)Further Explorations Horace Silver , 1958)Music Inc. Charles Tolliver , 1970)What It Is Mal Waldron , 1981)Money in the Pocket Joe Zawinul , 1967)
