Elaborations

Elaborations
Studio album by
Arthur Blythe
Released1982
Recorded1982
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
ProducerJim Fishel, Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe chronology
Blythe Spirit
(1981) 		Elaborations
(1982) 		Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk
(1983)

Elaborations is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe, released in 1982.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This post bop music (which falls between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde) is well worth several listens".[3] In The Boston Phoenix, Bob Blumenthal focused on cellist Abdul Wadud's playing ("his bowing is clear and mobile as a violinist's, his lines are sweeping and rhapsodic"), but also noted that "there are other rewards as well on Elaborations: Stewart's barrel-chested blowing, Bell's growing assertiveness, Blythe’s invigorating swing".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated
  1. "Elaborations" - 7:23
  2. "Metamorphosis" - 6:18
  3. "Sister Daisy" - 7:17
  4. "One Mint Julep" (Rudolph Toombs) - 4:54
  5. "Shadows" - 4:25
  6. "Lower Nile" - 10:37
Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Palmer, Robert (29 Sep 1982). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C17.
  2. ^ Stern, Chip (Nov 25, 1982). "Elaborations". Rolling Stone. No. 383. p. 80.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed July 19, 2010
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 27. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ Blumenthal, Bob (September 21, 1982). "Bows and 'bones". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved September 21, 2024.