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Expansion (album)

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Released
  
June 8, 2004

Producer
  
Dave Burrell

Release date
  
8 June 2004

Genre
  
Avant-garde jazz

Recorded
  
December, 2003

Expansion (2004)
  
Margy Pargy (2005)

Label
  
High Two Recordings

Artists
  
Dave Burrell, Dave Burrell Full-Blown Trio

Similar
  
Echo, Windward Passages, After Love, Momentum, Dave Burrell Plays Elli

Expansion is a live album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. It was recorded during a number of concerts in December 2003 and was released on June 8, 2004 by High Two.

Contents

The group that Burrell toured with was referred to as the Full-Blown Trio and included Burrell, Andrew Cyrille (drums) and William Parker (bass).

Track listing

All tracks by Dave Burrell except were noted

  1. "Expansion" – 4:10
  2. "Double Heartbeat" – 8:14
  3. "Cryin' Out Loud" – 7:43
  4. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) – 6:52
  5. "About Face" – 5:40
  6. "In the Balance" – 4:38
  7. "Coup d'État" – 3:14

Personnel

  • Dave Burrell – piano
  • William Parker – bass, kora
  • Andrew Cyrille – drums
  • Technical Production

  • Shawn Brackbill – session photographer
  • Flam – mastering
  • John Rosenberg – engineer
  • Reception

    Allmusic calls the album "a lovely record ... by a trio versed in understatement and nuance." Reviewer Thom Jurek in particular comments on Burrell's playing by saying that his "fills between the lyric lines are humorous, warm, and dazzling." The Penguin Guide to Jazz also mention that the three men "gel perfectly" and they provide him with the most flattering context for years."

    Songs

    1Expansion4:11
    2Double Heartbeat8:14
    3Cryin' Out Loud7:43

    References

    Expansion (album) Wikipedia