Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes Explained

Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes
Type:	live
Artist:	Ernest Dawkins
Cover:	Mother_blue_velvet_shoes_cover.jpeg
Released:	1998
Recorded:	May 9, 1997
Venue:	Velvet Lounge, Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	63:21
Label:	Dawk
Producer:	Ernest Dawkins
Chronology:	Ernest Dawkins
Prev Title:	Chicago Now Vol. 2
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Jo'burg Jump
Next Year:	2000

Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes is an album by American jazz saxophonist Ernest Dawkins' New Horizons Ensemble, which was recorded live at Chicago's Velvet Lounge in 1997 and released on his own Dawk label.

Reception

The Down Beat review by Aaron Cohen states "What Dawkins shares with other notable Chicago improvisers is a dexterity on a number of reeds, as well as a skill in crafting compositions that are ideal for bands of like-minded navigators."^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Ernest Dawkins except as indicated

1. "10-16-if" – 9:49
2. "Many Favors Part I" (Steve Berry) – 16:57
3. "Many Favors Part II" (Steve Berry) – 7:32
4. "Mother's Blues Velvet Shoes" – 7:31
5. "Proof That the Evidence was Missing Intro" – 6:39
6. "Proof That the Evidence was Missing" – 18:46

Personnel

• Ernest Dawkins – alto sax, tenor sax, percussion
• Steve Berry – trombone, percussion
• Ameen Muhammad - trumpet, percussion
• Jeff Parker – electric guitar
• Yosef Ben Israel – bass
• Vincent Davis - drums
• Kim Ransom - poetry

Notes and References

1. Cohen, Aaron. Mother's Blue Velvet Shoes review. Down Beat February 99: page 60. Print.