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

  1. "Nightwatch" – 06:10
  2. "Farewell to Rahsaan" – 03:35
  3. "Anua" – 06:49
  4. "A Promise Kept" – 05:47
  5. "Just Give It Some Time" – 04:46
  6. "Sansho Shima" – 04:24
  7. "Crystals" – 01:18
  8. "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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