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Released
  
1995

Rush Hour (1994)
  
Ten Tales (1994)

Release date
  
1995

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
63:54

Artist
  
Joe Lovano

Producer
  
Joe Lovano

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 6 – June 12, 1994

Similar
  
Joe Lovano albums, Jazz albums

Rush Hour is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano featuring an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gunther Schuller recorded in 1994 and released on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Joe lovano prelude to a kiss rush hour


Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This is one of the most exciting jazz releases of 1995... on the basis of this date alone, Lovano must rank as one of the top tenors of the 1990s".

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Lovano except as indicated
  1. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 3:58
  2. "Peggy's Blue Skylight" (Charles Mingus) - 3:33
  3. "Wildcat" - 2:57
  4. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 5:09
  5. "Rush Hour On 23rd Street" (Gunther Schuller) - 8:53
  6. "Crespuscle With Nellie" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:43
  7. "Lament For M" (Schuller) - 5:41
  8. "Topsy Turvy" - 4:27
  9. "The Love I Long For" (Howard Dietz, Vernon Duke) - 3:11
  10. "Juniper's Garden" - 2:40
  11. "Kathline Gray" (Ornette Coleman) - 3:26
  12. "Headin' Out Movin' In" (Schuller) - 11:13
  13. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:41

Personnel

  • Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, drums, arranger
  • Gunther Schuller – arranger
  • Jack Walrath – trumpet
  • David Taylor – bass trombone, tuba
  • John Clark – French horn
  • Richard Oatts – flute, tenor saxophone
  • Ed Schuller, Mark Helias – bass
  • George Schuller – drums
  • James Chirillo – guitar
  • Judi Silvano – vocals

    • Songs

    1Prelude to a Kiss3:59
    2Peggy's Blue Skylight3:33
    3Wildcat2:57

    References

    Rush Hour (Joe Lovano album) Wikipedia
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