1990 studio album by Kip Hanrahan
Tenderness Released 1990 (1990 ) Recorded December 1988 – March 1990 Studio RPM Sound Studios, Skyline Studios, Sorcerer Sound, Sound Ideas Studios, Sound on Sound, New York City Genre Jazz, pop, rock[ 1] Length 74 :47 Label American Clave Producer Kip Hanrahan
Tenderness is an album by Kip Hanrahan that was released in 1990.[ 2] It includes guest work by Sting , Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros , and Giovanni Hidalgo .
Critical reception
The Boston Globe said the album "blurs the lines between jazz, rock and Latin music with a raw, sensual complexity through this mysterious 16-song cycle."[ 3]
The Philadelphia Inquirer listed Tenderness as one of its "10 best pop albums of 1990".[ 4]
Track listing
Title 1. "...Faith in the Pants, Not in the Prick... (Vallejo's Folk Song)" 5:37 2. "...When I Lose Myself in the Darkness and Pain of Love, No, This Love..." 5:37 3. "...She Turned So That Maybe a Third of Her Face Was in This Fuckin' Beautiful Half-Light..." 4:31 4. "...At the Same Time, As the Subway Train Was Pulling Out of the Station..." 4:29 5. "...I Told Him 'I Don't Have to Be Beaten to Be Understood'..." 6:01 6. "...Look, the Moon... (Diahnne's)" 5:05 7. "...Half of Sex Is Fear..." 6:26 8. "Gillian's Folk Song" 3:47 9. "History" 5:15 10. "...There Was Something About His Anger That Was So...Inaccessible to Me..." 5:45 11. "...If I Knew How to, If I Knew What Muscles to Relax..." 3:13 12. "...You're No Pimp, and I'm Certainly No Whore..." 1:31 13. "Deep Summer" 4:13 14. "...Look, the Moon... (Carmen's)" 5:44 15. "In Place of an Epilog: Lullabye for My Daughter" 3:04 16. "In Place of a Moral: Geography" 5:05
Personnel
Kip Hanrahan – voice, percussion
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros – trumpet
Chico Freeman – tenor saxophone
Don Pullen – piano
Alfredo Triff – violin
Leo Nocentelli – electric and acoustic guitars
Sting – voice, bass guitar
Fernando Saunders – voice, bass guitar
Diahnne Abbott – voice
Carmen Lundy – voice
Lucy Penabaz – voice
Robby Ameen – drums, traps
Ignacio Berroa – drums, traps
Andrew Cyrille – drums, traps
Marvin Smith – drums, traps
Cecilia Engelhardt – percussion
Richie Flores – percussion, congas
Giovanni Hidalgo – percussion, congas, quinto
Andy González – double bass[ 5] [ 6]
Milton Cardona – percussion, congas[ 7] [ 8]
References
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