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Released
  
1993

Length
  
61:03

Artist
  
World Saxophone Quartet

Producer
  
Hamiet Bluiett

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
October 18–19, 1993

Moving Right Along (1993)
  
Breath of Life (1995)

Release date
  
1993

Label
  
Black Saint

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Similar
  
WSQ, Steppin' with the World Sa, Live at Brooklyn Academy, Requiem for Julius, Four Now

Moving Right Along is an album released in 1993. It is the eleventh album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet and their seventh and final album to be released on the Italian Black Saint label.

Contents

The album features performances and compositions by Hamiet Bluiett, Eric Person, Oliver Lake and David Murray with a guest appearance by James Spaulding on two tracks.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The WSQ did its usual array of material, from bubbling R&B and funk-tempered numbers to hard bop and swing-oriented tunes, plus two stirring renditions of "Amazing Grace."".

Track listing

  1. "Antithesis" (Person) - 7:11
  2. "Baba 2" (Bluiett) - 4:34
  3. "N.T." (Bluiett) - 4:10
  4. "Astral Travels" (Bluiett) - 1:15
  5. "Land of Mystery" (Bluiett) - 4:24
  6. "Movin' On" (Murray) - 6:15
  7. "Amazing Grace, Pt. I" (Newton) - 4:29
  8. "Giant Steps" (Coltrane) - 2:59
  9. "Urban" (Lake) - 6:01
  10. "Sharrod" (Person) - 4:08
  11. "M.I.L.D." (Lake) - 6:24
  12. "Lightning and Thunder" (Lake) - 3:51
  13. "Amazing Grace, Pt. II" (Newton) - 5:22

Personnel

  • Hamiet Bluiett — baritone saxophone
  • Eric Person — alto saxophone
  • Oliver Lake — alto saxophone
  • David Murray — tenor saxophone
  • James Spaulding — alto saxophone

    • Songs

    1Antithesis7:12
    2Baba 24:35
    3Nt4:10

    References

    Moving Right Along Wikipedia
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