Ebu (album) explained

Ebu
Type:Studio
Artist:Hamiet Bluiett Quartet
Cover:Ebu (album).png
Released:1984
Recorded:February 1, 2 and 13, 1984
Classic Sound Studio, New York
Genre:Jazz
Length:44:04
Label:Soul Note
SN 1088
Producer:Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:Hamiet Bluiett
Prev Title:Dangerously Suite
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:The Clarinet Family
Next Year:1984

Ebu is an album by American jazz saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett recorded in 1984 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Chris Kelsey states "Though Ebu has a taste of the arcane, it is mostly a collection of relatively straightahead Bluiett-penned blowing vehicles done with fire and invention. Bluiett has the biggest sound in town; his phrasing and articulation is a little heavy, as one would expect, but he plays with a strength and conviction that's rarely equalled by other baritonists... This music has a manifest unruliness, a spirit of adventure; it leaps outrageously into the unknown and usually lands square on its feet."

Track listing

All compositions by Hamiet Bluiett except as indicated

  1. "Ebu" – 8:30
  2. "New Bones" – 9:05
  3. "Nu Tune" – 3:30
  4. "Gumbo (Vegetarian Style)" – 8:02
  5. "Things Will Never Be the Same" – 7:40
  6. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 7:17

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Frohne, M., Soul Note discography accessed November 18, 2014