Jimmy Owens (album) explained

Jimmy Owens
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Jimmy Owens
Cover:	Jimmy Owens (album).jpg
Released:	1976
Recorded:	May 4, 5, 6, 1976
Studio:	Audio I Recording Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:55
Label:	A&M/Horizon SP-712
Producer:	Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Chronology:	Jimmy Owens
Prev Title:	No Escaping It
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Headin' Home
Next Year:	1978

Jimmy Owens (also referred to as Young Man on the Move) is an album by trumpeter Jimmy Owens recorded and released by the A&M/Horizon label in 1976.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Richard S. Ginell notes "There was a time when Jimmy Owens was being positioned as the coming superstar of the jazz trumpet, signed to A&M's contemporary-thinking Horizon label as a leader and jumping into the thick of the jazz-funk scene ... Owens sails above the churning mix with a slender, lightish tone that nevertheless has a steel thread running through it. The combination works intermittently, alas".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Owens except where noted

1. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills) − 10:02
2. "What's the Use" - 10:02
3. "Do It to It" − 6:21
4. "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) − 8:20
5. "My Life" (Chris White) − 6:10

Personnel

• Jimmy Owens – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Kenny Barron – piano, electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer
• Chris White − bass, electric bass
• Brian Brake – drums
• George Davis (tracks 1-3 & 5), Lloyd Davis (tracks 1 & 2), Carl Lynch (track 3) − guitar
• Warren Smith − percussion (tracks 1-3)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_AM_Horizon.htm Jazzlists: A&M Horizon discography
2. http://jimmyowensjazz.com/discography/ Jimmy Owens discography
3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Jimmy_Owens.htm Jazzlists: Jimmy Owens discography
4. Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed December 4, 2019
5. Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series, accessed December 4, 2019