Roots (Slide Hampton album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Roots
| type = Album
| artist = Slide Hampton Quintet featuring Clifford Jordan
| cover = Roots_(Slide_Hampton_album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = April 17, 1985
Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 70:14
| label = Criss Cross Jazz
Criss 1015
| producer = Gerry Teekens
| chronology = Slide Hampton
| prev_title = Cees Slinger-Slide Hampton Quintet in Concert
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Dedicated to Diz
| next_year = 1993
}}
Roots is an album by American trombonist, composer and arranger Slide Hampton recorded in 1985 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label.[http://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Hampton/lwh-disc.php Slide Hampton discography] accessed October 29, 2015[http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1015.html Criss Cross Jazz website] accessed October 29, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=640}}
}}
AllMusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated: "A tremendous 1985 quintet session with trombonist Slide Hampton heading a distinguished group and nicely teaming with tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan in a first-rate hard bop front line."{{AllMusic|first=Ron |last=Wynn |class=album |id=mw0000263655 |title=Roots – Review |accessdate=October 29, 2015}}
Track listing
- "Precipice" (Clifford Jordan) – 10:25
- "Solar" (Miles Davis) – 11:30
- "Roots" (Slide Hampton) – 8:25
- "Maple Street" (Cedar Walton) – 9:24
- "My Old Flame" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) – 10:40 Bonus track on CD
- "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 4:11 Bonus track on CD
- "Precipice" [alternate take] (Jordan) – 10:22 Bonus track on CD
- "Barbados" (Charlie Parker) – 5:17 Bonus track on CD
Personnel
References
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