Joanne Brackeen Quartet - Turnaround (1992)

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Title: Turnaround
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Evidence/ECD 22123-2
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)
Total Time: 65:56
Total Size: 368 mb
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Tracklist:

01. There Is No Greater Love (Symes-Jones) - 9:53
02. Rubies and Diamonds (Brackeen) - 9:04
03. Picasso (Brackeen) - 16:20
04. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Rodgers-Hart) - 9:20
05. Turnaround (Coleman) - 10:35
06. Tricks of the Trade (Brackeen) - 10:44

Joanne Brackeen - piano
Donald Harrison - alto saxophone
Cecil McBee - bass
Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums

The talented and highly original pianist Joanne Brackeen leads an all-star quartet (with altoist Donald Harrison, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith) at Sweet Basil for this 1992 live session. Brackeen is in top form digging into two standards, Ornette Coleman's "Turnaround" (which is taken as a conventional blues) and three of her originals including a 16-minute "Picasso." The explorative music holds one's interest throughout.