Cerupa
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{{Infobox album
| name = Cerupa
| type = studio
| artist = Cecil Payne
| cover = Cerupa.jpg
| released = 1995
| recorded = June 1 & 2, 1993
| studio = Riverside Studios, Chicago
| genre = Jazz
| length = 69:28
| label = Delmark
DE-478
| producer = Robert G. Koester
| chronology = Cecil Payne
| prev_title = Casbah
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Scotch and Milk
| next_year = 1997
}}
Cerupa is an album by the American jazz saxophonist/flautist Cecil Payne, recorded in 1993 and released by the Delmark label in 1995.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Delmark400.htm Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series] accessed October 14, 2019[https://delmark.com/product/419/ Delmark Records: album details] accessed October 14, 2019[https://www.jazzdisco.org/cecil-payne/catalog/#delmark-de-478 Jazzdisco: Cecil Payne Catalog] accessed October 14, 2019
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|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=1136}}
}}
AllMusic reviewer Michael G. Nastos stated: "At age 72, Cecil Payne makes a recorded comeback with this release. He sounds in fine form, playing with dexterity, clarity, and depth on baritone sax, and brings out his flute for two of the eight cuts. ... As great a baritone saxophonist as Payne has always been, his recording career is checkered. On the big horn, and especially flute where he is an unsung hero, this CD proves a great statement for an enduring jazzman who was never far from the truth, and still digs what he's doing. Recommended as perhaps his best documented work".{{AllMusic|first=Michael G.|last=Nastos |class=album |id=mw0000175861 |title= Cecil Payne Cerupa – Review |accessdate= October 14, 2019}}
Track listing
All compositions by Cecil Payne, except where noted.
- "The Opening" – 7:36
- "Bolambo" – 8:43
- "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 8:42
- "Cerupa" – 8:05
- "Be Wee" – 9:23
- "Cuba" (Gil Fuller) – 4:46
- "Bosco" – 8:54
- "Brookfield Andante" – 13:19
Personnel
- Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone, flute
- Freddie Hubbard (track 5), Dr. Odies Williams III (track 8) – trumpet
- Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
- Harold Mabern – piano
- John Ore – bass
- Joe Farnsworth – drums