Roots (Idrees Sulieman album)
{{Short description|1958 studio jazz album}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Roots
| type = Studio
| artist = Idrees Sulieman
| cover = Roots (Idrees Sulieman album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1958
| recorded = October 25 and December 6, 1957
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:14
| label = New Jazz
NJLP 8202
| producer = Bob Weinstock
| chronology = Idrees Sulieman
| prev_title = Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Americans in Europe
| next_year = 1963
}}
Roots is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeter Idrees Sulieman recorded in 1957 and released on the New Jazz label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8202 Prestige Records discography] accessed March 30, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
David Szatmary of Allmusic reviewed the album, stating: "More big-band bop with a stellar cast".Szatmary, D., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/roots-mw0000186821 Allmusic Review], March 30, 2015
Track listing
- "Roots" (Doug Watkins) – 27:22
- "Down by the Riverside" (Traditional) – 5:52
- "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) – 9:00
Personnel
- Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 2 & 3), Frank Rehak (track 1) – trombone
- Pepper Adams (track 1), Cecil Payne (tracks 2 & 3) – baritone saxophone
- Bill Evans (track 1), Tommy Flanagan (tracks 2 & 3) – piano
- Doug Watkins – bass
- Louis Hayes (track 1), Elvin Jones (tracks 2 & 3) – drums
- Alonzo Levister – arranger (tracks 2 & 3)
=Production=
- Bob Weinstock – supervisor
- Rudy Van Gelder – engineer
References
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Category:Idrees Sulieman albums
Category:New Jazz Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock