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Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes

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Released
  
1981

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
Nessa

Recorded
  
December 11 & 12, 1980

Length
  
40:29

Studio
  
Curtom Recording Studio, Chicago

Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes is an album by American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell which was recorded in 1980 and released on Nessa. It was the debut of the Sound Ensemble which introduced four young musicians: trumpeter Hugh Ragin, guitarist A. Spencer Barefield, bassist Jaribu Shahid and drummer Tani Tabbal. The album was reissued on CD in 2003.

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Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states that the album "belongs in the collection of any serious fan of late-20th century jazz" and claims that it's "surely Mitchell's most brilliant since his late-'60s masterpieces like Congliptious and Old/Quartet."

Track listing

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell except as indicated
  1. "Sing/Song" – 7:48
  2. "CYP" – 7:12
  3. "Stomp and the Far East Blues" – 5:15
  4. "March (Composition 40 Q)" (Anthony Braxton) – 4:41
  5. "Round" – 10:12
  6. "Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes" – 5:21

Personnel

  • Roscoe Mitchell - soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bass sax, clarinet, flute, wood flute
  • Hugh Ragin – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
  • A. Spencer Barefield – guitar, 12 string guitar, electric guitar, piano
  • Jaribu Shahid – bass, electric bass, cello, percussion
  • Tani Tabbal – drums, percussion

    • References

    Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes Wikipedia
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