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| 1. | United
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| 2. | Ceora
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| 3. | Soliloquy
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| 4. | Oriental Folk Song
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| 5. | Wake up Call
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| 6. | You Are Too Beautiful
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| 7. | Scrapple from the Apple
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| 8. | Rush Hour
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Jazz
Robin Eubanks - Trombone, Liner Notes, Producer
Antonio Hart - Sax (Alto)
Duane Eubanks - Trumpet
Eric Lewis - Piano
Gene Jackson - Drums
Lonnie Plaxico - Bass
Having Vera Bryant, one of the most respected teachers (taught Kenny Barron amongst others) for a mother, Ray Bryant as your uncle, and Kevin Eubanks as a brother means that you heard only the best music while growing up and, naturally, high standards prevailed from a very early age. Sun Ra recognized this when he hired Robin while he was still in his teens. Art Blakey made him a pivotal member of his Messengers during the 1980's (Robin went on to become Musical Director for Bu). Since then of course Robin has fronted his own bands, recorded extensively as both a leader and as a special guest on many top selling albums, and picked up many prestigious awards on the way - including several reader and critic awards from Down Beat magazine. For the last few years Robin has also arranged, played and recorded as trombonist for the high profile Dave Holland Quintet & Big Band.
This studio recording illustrates what a force Robin is. The stellar group of musicians, all hand picked for the occasion, rise to the challenge presented by the writing and arranging of the carefully chosen mix of five jazz greats and three Eubanks originals.
Any recording that has ROBIN EUBANKS on it is a special event. This one is extra special. For this recording Robin did the dialing himself, and just look who he called. Antonio Hart,Eric Lewis, Lonnie Plaxico, Gene Jackson and, on two tracks, younger brother Duane Eubanks.
Wake up Call is a magnificent album that you will want to hear again and again.
* John Priestley - Executive Producer, Producer
* Michael Marciano - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
A former Jazz Messenger who has also performed with the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine and the Dave Holland Quintet, trombonist Robin Eubanks' Sirocco Jazz debut is also the first recording for the British label. For this recording Eubanks gathered a group of old friends, alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, bassist Lonnie Plaxico, and drummer Gene Jackson, plus newcomers pianist Eric Lewis and trumpeter Duane Eubanks, Robin's younger brother, to perform a program of three originals, four jazz classics, two of them by Wayne Shorter, and the standard "You Are Too Beautiful." Eubanks' big sound, improvisational imagination, and genre-crossing versatility have made him one of the busier trombonists on the jazz scene, with Eubanks staying in a modern post-bop vein for this recording. Favorites include the two Shorter compositions, "United," given an Afro-Latin treatment here, and "Oriental Folk Song," staying close to the original, with "Elvinish" feel courtesy of Jackson and the head played by trumpet and trombone. Other favorites include Eubanks' compositions, the beautiful "Soliloquy," the frantic title track, based on a rapid repeating figure played by trombone and alto sax, and the up-tempo blues "Rush Hour." A welcome addition to the Eubanks discography.
---Greg Turner, All Music Guide |
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