All the Magic!

All the Magic!
Studio album by
Lester Bowie
Released1983
RecordedJune 1982
GenreJazz
Length81:07
LabelECM
ECM 1246/47
ProducerManfred Eicher
Lester Bowie chronology
The Great Pretender
(1981) 		All the Magic!
(1983) 		I Only Have Eyes for You
(1983)

All the Magic! / The One and Only is a double album by American jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie, recorded in June 1982 and released on ECM the following year—his second for the label. All the Magic! features a septet, with saxophonist Ari Brown, rhythm section Art Matthews, Fred Williams and Phillip Wilson, and singers Fontella Bass and David Peaston. The One and Only features solo trumpet improvisations from Bowie.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "All in all, this two-fer shows off both Lester Bowie's playing abilities and his sense of humor."[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Lester Bowie, except as noted.

All the Magic!

  1. "For Louie" (Wilson) - 12:14
  2. "Spacehead" - 6:47
  3. "Ghosts" (Ayler) - 3:09
  4. "Trans Traditional Suite" - 15:51
  5. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) - 6:47

The One and Only

  1. "Organic Echo Part I" - 3:17
  2. "Dunce Dance" - 2:05
  3. "Charlie M. Part II" - 2:49
  4. "Thirsty?" - 3:34
  5. "Almost Christmas" - 3:52
  6. "Down Home" - 2:40
  7. "Okra Influence" - 4:38
  8. "Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck" - 1:49
  9. "Deb Deb's Face" - 2:03
  10. "Monkey Waltz" - 1:47
  11. "Fradulent [sic] Fanfare" - 1:01
  12. "Organic Echo Part II" - 5:27

Personnel

All the Magic!

The One and Only

Technical personnel

  • Manfred Eicher – producer
  • Martin Wieland – engineer
  • Barbara Wojirsch – design
  • Collis Davis – back cover photo
  • Deborah Bowie – booklet photography (Lester Bowie)
  • Peter Kemper – liner notes (German)
  • Paul Foster – liner notes (English translation)

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 28, 2011
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 28. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.