Rodney Whitaker - Hidden Kingdom

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop 
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:09
Size: 154,9 MB
Art: Front

(8:14)  1. Childhood
(9:45)  2. Blues in the Closet
(5:34)  3. Repentance
(7:18)  4. Mastery Through Love
(3:42)  5. Pilgrim Progress
(6:40)  6. First Impressions
(7:21)  7. The Child in the Womb
(6:46)  8. Hidden Kingdom
(9:19)  9. Open Hit (D. W.)
(2:26) 10. The Promise of You

On his second CD as a leader, Rodney Whittaker is joined by a rotating cast of Detroit's best jazz players and other guests for a program of original compositions by the group's members and one jazz classic, with Whittaker's big-toned bass anchoring the proceedings. Sax superstar James Carter guest stars on five of the ten selections, with his swing-based tone and cutting edge tendencies, although he is more restrained here than on his own recordings. Favorites include Whittaker's "Childhood," a multi-tempo composition that features an excellent alto sax solo by Cassius Richmond and an exciting trumpet-tenor duel between Dwight Adams and Ron Blake; a joyous romp on Oscar Pettiford's "Blues in the Closet"; Richmond's multi-themed and multi-tempo "First Impressions"; and Whittaker's lovely ballad "The Child in the Womb." Whittaker's bass playing and composing establish him as one to watch in the future.~ Greg Turner http://www.allmusic.com/album/hidden-kingdom-mw0000032518

Personnel:  Dwight Adams – Trumpet (1, 5, 7, 8, 10);  Marcus Belgrave – Trumpet (2, 3, 4, 6);  Cassius Richmond – Flute, Alto Sax (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10);  Ron Blake – Soprano, Tenor (1, 5, 7, 8, 10);  James Carter – Soprano, Tenor Sax (2, 3, 4, 6, 9);  Mark Hynes – Soprano Sax (4);  Peter Martin – Piano (1, 5, 7, 8, 10);  J. D. – Piano (2, 3, 6, 9);  Rick Roe – Piano (4);  Rodney Whitaker – Bass;  Gerald W. Cleaver - Drums (1, 5, 7, 8, 10);  Gregory Hutchinson – Drums (3, 9);  Kariem Riggins – Drums (2, 4, 6);  Leonard King – Vocal (10)

Hidden Kingdom

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