Rhythm and Blues (World Saxophone Quartet album)

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Rhythm and Blues
File:Rhythm and Blues (WSQ album).jpg
Studio album by
World Saxophone Quartet
Released1989
RecordedNovember 1988
GenreJazz
Length39:55
LabelElektra/Musician
ProducerMarty Khan
World Saxophone Quartet chronology
Dances and Ballads
(1987) 		Rhythm and Blues
(1989) 		Metamorphosis
(1990)

Rhythm and Blues is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Elektra label. The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake and David Murray and was first released in 1989.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star full.svgFile:Star half.svg[2]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, stating, "The combination works quite well on this surprising success."[1] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "The soul staples covered on Rhythm and Blues... are done with absolute conviction and seriousness."[2] In an article for the Chicago Tribune, Chris Heim wrote: "Rhythm and Blues focuses on a well-known sound. The group faces special challenges here, since the original versions of these nine tracks... relied heavily not only on a rhythm section, but also on a powerful singing voice. But WSQ suggests all that and more. Call it whatever you like, but what this group really makes is magic."[3]

Track listing

  1. "For the Love of Money" (Gamble, Huff) - 4:13
  2. "Let's Get It On" (Gaye, Townsend) - 5:33
  3. "I Heard That" (Bluiett) - 4:48
  4. "Loopology" (Hemphill) - 3:09
  5. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Cropper, Redding) - 4:30
  6. "Messin' With the Kid" (London) - 4:05
  7. "Try a Little Tenderness" (Campbell, Connelly, Woods) - 6:30
  8. "Nemesis" (Bluiett) - 3:01
  9. "Night Train" (Forrest, Simpkins, Washington) - 4:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 19, 2011
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1529. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Heim, Chris (July 9, 1989). "World Sax & Rhythm and Blues". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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