| Mama and Daddy | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Muhal Richard Abrams |
| Cover: | Mama and Daddy.jpg |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Recorded: | June 16 & 19 1980 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Black Saint |
| Producer: | Muhal Richard Abrams |
| Prev Title: | Spihumonesty |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Duet |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Mama and Daddy is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams. It was released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1980 and features performances of four of Abrams' compositions by a big band.
The AllMusic review calls the album "a first-rate big band/large group session from 1980, with Muhal Richard Abrams' compositions being played by a masterful ensemble... adventurous, disciplined, frequently exciting music".[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "These albums seem even more compelling now than they did when they first came out, because it is clear where the leader's ideas are going".[2] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said "His finest achievement in any format may be Mama and Daddy; this ambitious set of compositions for a ten piece group, with its masterful blends of brass, strings, and percussion, has a balance in its glowing execution and suggests black chamber music".[3]
All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams