Released 1979 Length 40:41 The Evening of the Blue Men(1979) New York Live!(1981) Release date 1979 | Recorded March 30, 1979 Label Muntu | |
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The Evening of the Blue Men is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc with Muntu, which was recorded live in 1979 at NYC's St. Mark's Church and released on his own Muntu label. The album was reissued in 2009 as part of the three-CD box Muntu Recordings on the Lithuanian NoBusiness label. This second Muntu unit, a pianoless quartet consisting of Moondoc, trumpeter Roy Campbell, bassist William Parker and drummer Rashid Bakr, made its first performance in December 1978 at Ali's Alley.
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Reception
In a review of the Muntu box for AllAboutJazz, John Sharpe says about the album "Without piano, Moondoc's tone sounds lighter and airier, his Ornette Coleman influence more to the fore. Campbell's fluent, slurred legato blends pleasingly with the reedman's plangent holler."
Track listing
All compositions by Jemeel Moondoc- "The Evening of the Blue Men, Part 3 (Double Expo)" - 21:02
- "Theme for Diane" - 19:39