Broken Windows, Empty Hallways
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{{Infobox album
| name = Broken Windows, Empty Hallways
| type = Studio
| artist = Houston Person
| cover = Broken Windows, Empty Hallways.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded = May 1, 1972
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 35:12
| label = Prestige
PR 10044
| producer = Ozzie Cadena
| chronology = Houston Person
| prev_title = Houston Express
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Sweet Buns & Barbeque
| next_year = 1972
}}
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways is the tenth album led by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-10000-series/#p-10044 Prestige Records discography] accessed April 15, 2013Payne, D, [http://dougpayne.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/houston-person-discography.html A Houston Person discography], June 7, 2009.[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/houston-person/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Person, Houston], accessed February 16, 2018
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1149}}
}}
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of Allmusic stated, "Broken Windows, Empty Hallways is finally an album for people who like jazzy sounding instrumentals, but don't really like jazz".Lankford, R. D. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/broken-windows-empty-hallways-mw0000452866 Allmusic listing] accessed April 15, 2013
Track listing
All compositions by Houston Person except where noted.
- "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman) – 5:53
- "Don't Mess with Bill" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:00
- "Everything's Alright" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 4:18
- "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 3:52
- "Moan Er-uh Lisa" – 6:11
- "Imagine" (John Lennon) – 3:52
- "Let's Call This" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:03
- "Bleeker Street" – 4:03
Personnel
- Houston Person – tenor saxophone
- Victor Paz, Joe Wilder – trumpet
- Jim Buffington – French horn
- Hubert Laws – flute
- Ronnie Jannelli – flute, clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Buzz Brauner – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, English horn, oboe, piccolo flute, flute, clarinet
- Cedar Walton – piano
- Joe Beck – guitar
- Ernie Hayes (tracks 1–7), Jimmy Watson (track 8) – organ
- Grady Tate – drums
- Buddy Caldwell – congas [1, 3]
- Bunny Briggs – tap dance (track 4)
- Billy Ver Planck – arranger, conductor
References
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