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Elaborations

Elaborations is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe, released in 1982.

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Elaborations
Studio album by
Arthur Blythe
Released1982
Recorded1982
GenreJazz
LabelColumbia
ProducerJim Fishel, Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe chronology
Blythe Spirit
(1981) 		Elaborations
(1982) 		Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk
(1983)

Elaborations is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe, released in 1982.12

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star3
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarStar4

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This post bop music (which falls between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde) is well worth several listens".3 In The Boston Phoenix, Bob Blumenthal focused on cellist Abdul Wadud's playing ("his bowing is clear and mobile as a violinist's, his lines are sweeping and rhapsodic"), but also noted that "there are other rewards as well on Elaborations: Stewart's barrel-chested blowing, Bell's growing assertiveness, Blythe’s invigorating swing".5

Track listing

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated
  1. "Elaborations" - 7:23
  2. "Metamorphosis" - 6:18
  3. "Sister Daisy" - 7:17
  4. "One Mint Julep" (Rudolph Toombs) - 4:54
  5. "Shadows" - 4:25
  6. "Lower Nile" - 10:37
Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York

Personnel

References

References

  1. Palmer, Robert (September 29, 1982). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C17.
  2. Stern, Chip (November 25, 1982). "Elaborations". Rolling Stone. No. 383. p. 80.
  3. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed July 19, 2010
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 27. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. Blumenthal, Bob (September 21, 1982). "Bows and 'bones". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved September 21, 2024.