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Time's Mirror

Time's Mirror is a 1999 big band album by jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, Tom Harrell. In 2000 Harrell received a Grammy nomination for this album in category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance. Several of the tracks were originally composed by Harrell in the 1960s and are arranged for big band, recorded and released for the first time on this album. According to All About Jazz, this album is Harrell's "first full-fledged recording as a big-band impresario". AllMusic highly recommended the album, stating that several tracks are candidates to become jazz standards. The album charted at #16 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums Chart.

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Time's Mirror
Studio album by
Tom Harrell
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
RecordedMarch 11–12, 1999
GenreBig band, jazz
Length50:33
LabelRCA Victor / RCA
ProducerBob Belden
Tom Harrell chronology
The Art of Rhythm
(1998) 		Time's Mirror
(1999) 		Paradise
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar1
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar2

Time's Mirror is a 1999 big band album by jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger, Tom Harrell. In 2000 Harrell received a Grammy nomination for this album in category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance.3 Several of the tracks were originally composed by Harrell in the 1960s and are arranged for big band, recorded and released for the first time on this album.41 According to All About Jazz, this album is Harrell's "first full-fledged recording as a big-band impresario".4 AllMusic highly recommended the album, stating that several tracks are candidates to become jazz standards.1 The album charted at #16 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums Chart.5

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shapes"Tom Harrell8:19
2."Autumn Leaves"Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert3:32
3."Daily News"Tom Harrell4:01
4."Dream"Johnny Mercer2:47
5."Chasin' the Bird"Charlie Parker5:07
6."São Paulo"Tom Harrell8:43
7."Time's Mirror"Tom Harrell8:09
8."Train Shuffle"Tom Harrell9:55

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.6

References

References

  1. "Allmusic: Tom Harrell - Time's Mirror - review". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 652. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. "42nd Grammy Award Nominations (2000)". digitalhit.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  4. "Tom Harrell: Time's Mirror - review". all about jazz. November 1, 1999. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  5. "Allmusic: Tom Harrell - Time's Mirror - awards". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
  6. "Allmusic: Tom Harrell - Time's Mirror - credits". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on July 13, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
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