Return to the Wide Open Spaces explained

Return to the Wide Open Spaces
Type:Live album
Artist:David "Fathead" Newman, Ellis Marsalis and Cornell Dupree
Cover:Return to the Wide Open Spaces.jpg
Released:October 1, 1990
Recorded:1990
Venue:Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas
Genre:Jazz
Length:66:26
Label:Amazing
AMCD-1021
Producer:Jim Yanaway
Chronology:David "Fathead" Newman
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Prev Year:1990
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Return to the Wide Open Spaces is a live album by American saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, pianist Ellis Marsalis and guitarist Cornell Dupree, recorded at the Caravan of Dreams in 1990 and released on the Amazing label.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "For this live concert recorded at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, a mostly all-star group of Texas jazzmen (plus pianist Ellis Marsalis from New Orleans) was gathered together. The music, which includes four blues and three standards among its nine selections, lacks any real surprises. ... Some better planning and the utilization of a few charts (rather than the funcitonal frameworks) would have elevated the pleasing date to a much higher level". The Los Angeles Times said "there's a lot of good, unpretentious playing here... More originality and less predictability would have improved this date".[4]

Track listing

  1. Introduction – 1:26
  2. "Buster's Tune" (Buster Smith) – 5:23
  3. "Hard Times" (Paul Mitchell) – 8:22
  4. "13th Floor" (David "Fathead" Newman) – 7:22
  5. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 5:18
  6. "These Foolish Things" (Jack Stracheyl, Holt Marvell, Harry Link) – 5:05
  7. "Two Bones and a Pick" (Aaron Walker) – 6:19
  8. "City Lights" (Jimmy McGriff) – 10:03
  9. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 7:10
  10. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 9:58

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Return_To_The_Wide_Open_Spaces.htm Jazzlists: David Newman discography - album details
  2. http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/DavidNewman/index.html David "Fathead" Newman Incomplete Discography
  3. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/david-fathead-newman/ Enciclopedia del Jazz; David "Fathead Newman
  4. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-10-ca-1161-story.html Los Angeles Times Review