Code Red (Cindy Blackman album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Code Red
| type = Studio
| artist = Cindy Blackman
| cover = Code Red (Cindy Blackman album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1992
| recorded = October 19, 1990
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 52:03
| label = Muse
MCD 5365
| producer = Don Sickler
| chronology = Cindy Blackman
| prev_title = Arcane
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Telepathy
| next_year = 1992
}}
Code Red is an album led by drummer Cindy Blackman which was recorded in 1990 and released on the Muse label in 1992.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/cindy-blackman/catalog/#muse-mcd-5365 Cindy Blackman catalog] accessed October 10, 2017[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5350.htm Muse LP series discography: 5350 to 5399] accessed October 10, 2017[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records listing], accessed October 10, 2017
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album |id=mw0000096137 |title= Cindy Blackman: Code Red – Review |accessdate=October 10, 2017}}
|rev3 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz |publisher=Virgin Books |year=1999 |pages=94 }}
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=John |title=The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide |publisher=Random House |year=1999 |pages=66 }}
}}
Ted Panken, writing for The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide, called Code Red "a rhythmic tour de force," and stated that it "elicits some of the most powerful performances on record up to that time" from the musicians. He concluded: "Code Red recodes [Tony] Williams the Milesian and '80s group leader to remarkable effect. This one is delightful over repeated listenings."
Track listing
All compositions by Cindy Blackman except where noted
- "Code Red" – 6:53
- "Anxiety" – 5:19
- "Next Time Forever" – 6:34
- "Something for Art (Drum Solo)" – 6:35
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams Bernie Hanighen) – 9:05
- "Circles" – 5:31
- "Face in the Dark" – 6:13
- "Green" – 5:30
Personnel
- Cindy Blackman - drums
- Wallace Roney - trumpet (tracks 1–3 & 5–8)
- Steve Coleman - alto saxophone (tracks 1–3 & 5–8)
- Kenny Barron - piano (tracks 1–3 & 5–8)
- Lonnie Plaxico - bass (tracks 1–3 & 5–8)
References
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