Moonscapes
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{{Infobox album
| name = Moonscapes
| type = Album
| artist = Bennie Maupin
| cover = Moonscapes.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| venue =
| studio = Conway Recording Studios
| genre = Jazz-fusion
| length = 37:01
| label = Mercury
| producer = Pat Gleeson
| prev_title = Slow Traffic to the Right
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Driving While Black
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r143408|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| rev2 = Jazzwise
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web
|url=https://www.jazzwise.com/review/benny-maupin-slow-traffi-c-to-the-right-moonscapes
|editor-last=LeGrende
|editor-first=Kevin
| author-link =
| title = Benny Maupin: Slow Traffi c To The Right/Moonscapes
}}
}}
Moonscapes is the third studio album by jazz woodwind player Bennie Maupin, released in 1978.{{Cite news |title=Make way for yet another category: New York rock |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156770211/?match=1&terms=bennie%20maupin%20moonscapes |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Morning News |pages=62}}{{Cite news |date=1978-05-14 |title=The Courier-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/109355430/?match=1&terms=bennie%20maupin%20moonscapes |access-date=2025-02-21 |pages=139}} The eight-track record includes contributions by Bobby Lyle, Graham Preskett, Onaje Allen Gumbs, and others.{{Cite web |title=Benny Maupin: Slow Traffi c To The Right/Moonscapes |url=https://www.jazzwise.com/review/benny-maupin-slow-traffi-c-to-the-right-moonscapes |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Jazzwise |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=1978-07-09 |title=North County Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1098340833/?match=1&terms=bennie%20maupin%20moonscapes |access-date=2025-02-21 |pages=63}}{{Cite news |title='Welcome Home' a Fine Rock in Ages |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/308490604/?match=1&terms=bennie%20maupin%20moonscapes |access-date=2025-02-21 |work=The Times |pages=75}}
Track listing
: All compositions by Bennie Maupin except where noted
- "Nightwatch" – 06:10
- "Farewell to Rahsaan" – 03:35
- "Anua" – 06:49
- "A Promise Kept" – 05:47
- "Just Give It Some Time" – 04:46
- "Sansho Shima" – 04:24
- "Crystals" – 01:18
- "Baker Street" (Graham Preskett) – 04:03
Personnel
- Bennie Maupin – soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, Eu synthesizer and computing synthesizer winddriver, bass marimba, glockenspiel
- Bobby Lyle – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet (courtesy Capitol Records)
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Mike Sembello – acoustic and electric guitar
- Abraham La Boriel – bass
- Mingo Lewis – congas and miscellaneous percussion
- Onaje Allen Gumbs – electric piano ("Just Give It Some Time," "Sansho Shima")
- Beverly Bellows – harp ("Farewell to Rahsaan")
- Patrick Gleeson – synthesizer programming
- Derrick Youman – vocal colors on "A Promise Kept"
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|https://www.discogs.com/artist/15448-Bennie-Maupin}}