Black Widow (Lalo Schifrin album)
{{Infobox album|
| name = Black Widow
| type = Album
| artist = Lalo Schifrin
| cover = Black Widow (Lalo Schifrin album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1976
| recorded = March 29 & 30, 1976
| studio = Mediasound, New York City
| venue =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 63:24
| label = CTI
CTI 5000
| producer = Creed Taylor
| chronology = Lalo Schifrin
| prev_title = Enter the Dragon
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Towering Toccata
| next_year = 1977
}}
Black Widow is an album by Argentine composer, pianist and conductor Lalo Schifrin recorded in 1976 and released on the CTI label.Payne, D. [http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7576.htm#blackwidow CTI Records discography] accessed February 29, 2012
Reception
The Allmusic review called it "one of the peak albums in Lalo Schifrin's lengthy catalogue and a necessity for anyone interested in his jazz work".Guarisco, D. A. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/black-widow-r315497/review Allmusic Review] accessed February 29, 2012
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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Track listing
All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated
- "Black Widow" – 4:11
- "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) – 4:31
- "Quiet Village" (Les Baxter) – 5:45
- "Moonglow/Theme from Picnic" (Will Hudson, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange/George Duning, Steve Allen) – 6:13
- "Jaws" (John Williams) – 6:01
- "Baia" (Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert) – 4:49
- "Turning Point" – 3:29
- "Dragonfly" – 5:45
- "Frenesi" (Alberto Dominguez) – 3:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Tabú" (Margarita Lecuona) – 4:33 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Baia" (Barroso, Gilbert) – 7:44 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Con Alma" – 6:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Mediasound Studios in New York City on March 29 & 30, 1976
Personnel
- Lalo Schifrin – piano, keyboards, arranger, conductor
- Jon Faddis – trumpet
- Wayne Andre, Billy Campbell, Barry Rogers – trombone
- Dave Taylor – bass trombone
- Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
- Joe Farrell – alto saxophone, flute
- Jerry Dodgion, Hubert Laws, George Marge – flute
- Clark Spangler – keyboards
- Eric Gale, Jerry Friedman, John Tropea – guitar
- Anthony Jackson – bass
- Andy Newmark – drums
- Don Alias, Carter Collins, Sue Evans, Carlos Martin – percussion
- Patti Austin – vocals
- Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi – violin
References
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