| Something in Common | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Sam Jones |
| Cover: | SAM JONES -- SOMETHING IN COMMON.jpg |
| Released: | September 13, 1977 |
| Recorded: | April 1974 – September 13, 1977 |
| Studio: | C.I. Recording Studios, NYC. |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 01:02:22 |
| Label: | Muse Records MR 5149 |
| Producer: | Bob Porter, Cedar Walton |
| Chronology: | Sam Jones |
| Prev Title: | Changes & Things |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Visitation |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
Something in Common is a studio album by American jazz bassist Sam Jones, released on September 13, 1977 via the Muse label.[1] The record, with three bonus tracks, was re-released on CD in 2000 and as a digital download in 2009.
Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote: "In the 1970s, Jones' recordings as a leader were quite consistent, and Something in Common is a rewarding example of the type of solid, hard-swinging bop and post-bop that people expected from him. The only Jones piece that the sextet embraces is "Seven Minds"; other selections were written by Hampton ("Every Man Is a King"), Walton ("Something in Common" and the better known "Bolivia"), and Mitchell ("Blue Silver").[2] A reviewer with All About Jazz stated: "Jones' only original tune from that 1978 album, Seven Minds, opens the CD with one of his ominous solos, backed by Higgins' cymbaled shimmering and Walton's upper-register ornamentation, before Jones leads into an enthralling, charging modal romp that challenges all of the players."[3]
Three songs, "Shoulders", "One for Amos", and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", are bonus tracks from the 1974 album, Cedar Walton-Firm Roots, included in later releases.