Blues Cruise
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| name = Blues Cruise
| type = studio
| artist = Chris Cheek
| cover = Blues Cruise - album cover.jpg
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| released = 2006
| recorded = March 16–17, 2005
| venue =
| studio = Avatar, New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Fresh Sound New Talent
| producer = Chris Cheek
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Blues Cruise is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Cheek. It was released by Fresh Sound New Talent.
Background
Cheek had released three albums for Fresh Sound New Talent before this one.[http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/chris-cheek-albums/4269-blues-cruise.html "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise"]. Fresh Sound Records. Retrieved December 6, 2016. In addition to Cheek on saxophones, the Brad Mehldau trio were the other musicians.Bryant, Forrest Dylan (January/February 2007) [http://jazztimes.com/articles/18548-blues-cruise-chris-cheek "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise"]. JazzTimes.
Music and recording
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book
|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|first1=Richard
|last1=Cook
|author-link=Richard Cook (journalist)
|first2=Brian
|last2=Morton
|author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer)
|publisher=Penguin
|edition=9th
|year=2008
|isbn=978-0-14-103401-0
|page=244
}}
}}
The JazzTimes reviewer wrote that "The group strikes an appealing middle ground between old-school and modernist interpretative styles." The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as containing "measured thinking, unexpected and slippery development, and a taste for the macabre."
Track listing
- "Flamingo" (Grouya-Anderson) – 5:23
- "Low Key Lightly" (Ellington) – 6:36
- "Coo" (Cheek) – 6:49
- "Squirrelling" (Cheek) – 5:42
- "Song of India" (Korsakov) – 3:47
- "Falling" (Cheek) – 6:19
- "Blues Cruise" (Cheek) – 7:43
- "John Denver" (Cheek) – 6:05
- "The Sweatheart Tree" (Mancini) – 5:08
Personnel
- Chris Cheek – tenor sax, soprano sax
- Brad Mehldau – piano, Fender Rhodes
- Larry Grenadier – bass
- Jorge Rossy – drums
References
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