Buddy Bolden's Rag

Buddy Bolden's Rag
Studio album by
Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass featuring Lester Bowie
Released1995
Recorded1995
StudioRiverside Studio, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length70:40
LabelDelmark
DE-481
ProducerRobert G. Koester
Malachi Thompson chronology
New Standards
(1993) 		Buddy Bolden's Rag
(1995) 		47th Street
(1997)

Buddy Bolden's Rag (subtitled [100 Years of Jazz]) is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson, recorded and released by the Delmark label in 1995.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "On Buddy Bolden's Rag, Thompson and his band Africa Brass salute Bolden in an unconventional way; instead of playing traditional New Orleans jazz, they provide inside/outside post-bop that acknowledges Crescent City brass bands as well as avant-garde and AACM jazz. Thompson looks back on jazz's early history but does so without being the least bit dogmatic about it, and the result is a very enriching and unpredictable CD".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Malachi Thompson except where noted

  1. "Buddy Bolden's Rag" – 5:58
  2. "World View" – 8:32
  3. "The Chaser in Brazil" – 5:44
  4. "We Bop" (Lester Bowie) – 5:40
  5. "Nubian Call" – 12:42
  6. "The Chaser in America" – 8:49
  7. "Kojo Time" (Roland Alexander) – 7:17
  8. "Harold the Great" (Bill McFarland) – 9:49
  9. "A Mouse in the House" – 6:43

Personnel

  • Malachi Thompson – trumpet, conch shell, steer horn, sekulu
  • David Spencer, Phillip Perkins, Kenny Anderson – trumpet
  • Bill McFarland, Edwin Williams, Ray Ripperton – trombone
  • Steve Berry – bass trombone
  • Kirk Brown – piano
  • Harrison Bankhead – bass
  • Darryl Ervin – drums
  • Dr. Cuz, Richard Lawrence – percussion

Guests:

References

  1. ^ Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series accessed October 14, 2019
  2. ^ Delmark Records: album details accessed October 14, 2019
  3. ^ Jazzlists: Carter Jefferson discography accessed October 14, 2019
  4. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Malachi Thompson: Buddy Bolden's Rag – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1399. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.