Blues Cruise Explained

Blues Cruise
Type:	studio
Artist:	Chris Cheek
Cover:	Blues Cruise - album cover.jpg
Released:	2006
Recorded:	March 16–17, 2005
Studio:	Avatar, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Fresh Sound New Talent
Producer:	Chris Cheek

Blues Cruise is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Cheek. It was released by Fresh Sound New Talent.

Background

Cheek had released three albums for Fresh Sound New Talent before this one.^[1] In addition to Cheek on saxophones, the Brad Mehldau trio were the other musicians.^[2]

Music and recording

The album was recorded at Avatar Studios, New York City, on March 16 and 17, 2005. Mehldau plays Fender Rhodes on some tracks.

Reception

The JazzTimes reviewer wrote that "The group strikes an appealing middle ground between old-school and modernist interpretative styles." The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as containing "measured thinking, unexpected and slippery development, and a taste for the macabre."

Track listing

1. "Flamingo" (Grouya-Anderson) – 5:23
2. "Low Key Lightly" (Ellington) – 6:36
3. "Coo" (Cheek) – 6:49
4. "Squirrelling" (Cheek) – 5:42
5. "Song of India" (Korsakov) – 3:47
6. "Falling" (Cheek) – 6:19
7. "Blues Cruise" (Cheek) – 7:43
8. "John Denver" (Cheek) – 6:05
9. "The Sweatheart Tree" (Mancini) – 5:08

Personnel

• Chris Cheek – tenor sax, soprano sax
• Brad Mehldau – piano, Fender Rhodes
• Larry Grenadier – bass
• Jorge Rossy – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/chris-cheek-albums/4269-blues-cruise.html "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise"
2. Bryant, Forrest Dylan (January/February 2007) "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise". JazzTimes.