Takin' It 2 the Next Level

Takin' It 2 the Next Level
Studio album by World Saxophone Quartet
Released 1996
Recorded June 10–12, 1996
Genre Jazz
Length 66:46
Label Justin Time
Producer World Saxophone Quartet
World Saxophone Quartet chronology

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

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.

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.".[1]

Professional ratings
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Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 1, 2011