BALLADS & BLUES

$20.21
Label
CRISS CROSS
Release Date
August 24, 1999
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      WHITAKER, RODNEY
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 24, 1999
    • UPC
      8712474116720
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CSS1167.2
    • LABEL
      CRISS CROSS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Whims of Chambers

      Composer: Paul Chambers

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    2. Alone with Just My Dreams

      Composer: George Duvivier

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    3. Ease It

      Composer: Paul Chambers

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    4. The Way They Always Said It Should Be

      Composer: Carly Simon

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    5. The Hand of Love

      Composer: Paul Chambers

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    6. Wise Young Man

      Composer: Eric Reed

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    7. Centerpiece

      Composer: Harry Sweets Edison

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    8. For Rockelle

      Composer: Rodney Whitaker

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen

    9. Big Foot

      Composer: Charlie Parker

      Performer: Rodney Whitaker, Ron Blake, Wycliffe Gordon, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Carl Allen


This album is underpinned with the sensibility that people used to call "mainstream" - it features bassist Whitaker & his elite young quintet, inc. Ron Blake, Stefon Harris, Wycliff Gordon, Eric Reed & Carl Allen; three of the musicians are members of the Wynton Marsalis Septet.