The Ponderer Explained

The Ponderer
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Odean Pope Saxophone Choir
Cover:	The Ponderer.jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	March 12, 1990
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	45:43
Label:	Soul Note
Producer:	Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:	Odean Pope
Prev Title:	The Saxophone Shop
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Out for a Walk
Next Year:	1990

The Ponderer is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Odean Pope recorded in 1990 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Odean Pope except as indicated

1. "Overture" - 6:10
2. "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 1:56
3. "Out for a Walk Part 1" - 3:34
4. "Out for a Walk Part 2" - 3:43
5. "The Ponderer" - 9:11
6. "Little M's Lady" (Eddie Green) - 5:32
7. "Phrygian Love Theme" - 10:21
8. "One for Bubba" (Green) - 5:16

• Recorded at Platinum Factory, Inc. in Brooklyn, New York on March 12, 1990

Personnel

• Odean Pope, Glenn Guidone, Middy Middleton, John Simon, Bob Howell – tenor saxophone
• Julian Pressley, Sam Reed, Byard Lancaster – alto saxophone
  • Joe Sudler – baritone saxophone Eddie Green – piano
• Gerald Veasley – electric bass
• Tyrone Brown – bass
• Cornell Rochester – drums

Notes and References

1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/soulnote-label-discography-compiled-by.html Soul Note discography
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ponderer-r160382 Allmusic Review