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Takin' It 2 the Next Level

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Released
  
1996

Length
  
66:46

Release date
  
1996

Label
  
Justin Time Records

Recorded
  
June 10–12, 1996

Artist
  
World Saxophone Quartet

Producer
  
World Saxophone Quartet

Genre
  
Jazz

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Takin' It 2 the Next Level (1996)
  
Selim Sivad a Tribute to Miles Davis (1998)

World Saxophone Quartet albums
  
Requiem for Julius, Four Now, Selim Sivad: A Tribute to, M'Bizo, Moving Right Along

Takin' It 2 the Next Level is the fourteenth album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet and their second on the Canadian Justin Time label. The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, John Purcell, Oliver Lake and David Murray, with a rhythm section of Don Blackman, Calin Jones and Ronnie Burrage.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Mostly sticking to group originals, the expanded band explores many moods on such numbers as "Wiring," "Rio," "The Desegregation of Our Children" and "When Thee Monarchs Come to Town.".

Track listing

  1. "Wiring" (Lake) - 6:28
  2. "Soft Landing" (Lake) - 1:11
  3. "Rio" (Lake) - 7:30
  4. "The Peace Before" (Blackman) - 1:23
  5. "Blues for a Warrior Spirit" (Bluiett) - 13:08
  6. "The Desegregation of Our Children" (Murray) - 12:35
  7. "When the Monarchs Come to Town" (Murray) - 2:51
  8. "Endless Flight" (Burrage) - 7:35
  9. "Ballad After Us" (Purcell) - 4:36
  10. "Australopithecus" (Underwood) - 9:29

Personnel

  • Hamiet Bluiett — baritone saxophone, contra-alto clarinet
  • John Purcell — saxello, alto flute, English horn, alto and C flutes
  • Oliver Lake — alto saxophone, vocals
  • David Murray — tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Donald Blackman — keyboards
  • Calvin X Jones — bass
  • Ronnie Burrage — drums

    • Songs

    1Wiring (feat Ronnie Burrage - Donald Blackman & Calvin Jones)Calvin Jones - Ronnie Burrage - Donald Blackman6:31
    2Soft Landing (feat Ronnie Burrage - Donald Blackman & Calvin Jones)Calvin Jones - Ronnie Burrage - Donald Blackman1:13
    3Rio (feat Ronnie Burrage - Donald Blackman & Calvin Jones)Calvin Jones - Ronnie Burrage - Donald Blackman7:32

    References

    Takin' It 2 the Next Level Wikipedia
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