Expansion (album)

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Expansion
Expansion cover
Live album by Dave Burrell
Released June 8, 2004
Recorded December, 2003
Genre Avant-garde jazz
Label High Two Records
Producer Dave Burrell
Professional reviews
Dave Burrell chronology
Recital
(2001)		 Expansion
(2004)		 Margy Pargy
(2005)

Expansion is a live album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. It was recorded during a number of concerts in December 2003 and was released on June 8, 2004 by High Two.

The group that Burrell toured with was referred to as the Full-Blown Trio and included Burrell, Andrew Cyrille (drums) and William Parker (bass).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Expansion" (Burrell) — 4:10
  2. "Double Heartbeat" (Burrell) — 8:14
  3. "Cryin' Out Loud" (Burrell) — 7:43
  4. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Berlin) — 6:52
  5. "About Face" (Burrell) — 5:40
  6. "In the Balance" (Burrell) — 4:38
  7. "Coup d'Etat" (Burrell) — 3:14

[edit] Personnel

Band:

  • Dave Burrell — piano
  • William Parker - bass, kora
  • Andrew Cyrille - drums

Production: Shawn Brackbill - session photographer Flam - mastering John Rosenberg - engineer

[edit] Reception

All Music Guide calls the album "a lovely record ... by a trio versed in understatement and nuance." Reviewer Thom Jurek in particular comments on Burrell's playing by saying that his "fills between the lyric lines are humorous, warm, and dazzling."[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz also mention that the three men "gel perfectly" and they provide him with the most flattering context for years."[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Thom Jurek. Expansion. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
  2. ^ The Penguin Guide to Jazz by Richard Cook, Brian Morton, et al. pg 190.