Music Inc.
{{Infobox album
| name = Music Inc.
| type = Album
| artist = Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. & Big Band
| cover = Music Inc.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1971
| recorded = November 11, 1970, NYC
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:52
| label = Strata-East
| producer = George Klabin
| chronology = Charles Tolliver
| prev_title = The Ringer
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Impact
| next_year = 1972
}}
Music Inc. is an album by American jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. with a Big Band recorded in 1970 and first released on the Strata-East label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Leaders/TolliverCharles-ldr.php Charles Tolliver leader discography] accessed October 28, 2014
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 192
}}
}}
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The remarkable Music, Inc. Big Band remains the apotheosis of trumpeter Charles Tolliver's singular creative vision. Rarely if ever has a big band exhibited so much freedom or finesse, while at the same time never overwhelming the virtuoso soloists on whom the performances pivots".Ankeny, J., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/music-inc-big-band-mw0000890188 Allmusic Review] accessed October 28, 2014
Track listing
All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated
- "Ruthie's Heart" - 6:19
- "Brilliant Circles" (Stanley Cowell) - 4:53
- "Abscretions" (Cowell) - 7:03
- "Household of Saud" - 6:42
- "On the Nile" - 9:51
- "Departure" (Cowell) - 5:04
Personnel
- Charles Tolliver - trumpet
- Stanley Cowell - piano
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Jimmy Hopps - drums
- Bobby Brown - flute
- Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan - flute, tenor saxophone
- Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone, tuba
- Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams - trumpet
- Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin - trombone
References
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