Sphere On Tour
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{{Infobox album
| name = Sphere On Tour
| type = Live album
| artist = Sphere
| cover = Sphere On Tour.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded = November 21, 1985
| venue = Bologna, Italy
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 50:10
| label = Red
VPA 191
| producer = Alberto Alberti and Sergio Veschi
| chronology = Sphere
| prev_title = Flight Path
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Pumpkin's Delight
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Kenny Barron
| type = Live album
| prev_title = Scratch
| prev_year = 1985
| title = Sphere On Tour
| year = 1985
| next_title = What If?
| next_year = 1986
}}
}}
Sphere On Tour is a live album by the group Sphere featuring saxophonist Charlie Rouse, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Ben Riley, recorded in Italy in 1985 and released on the Italian Red label.[http://www.redrecords.it/item.aspx?id=196&tipo=releases&lang=ENG Red Records catalog], accessed February 2, 2017.Fitzgerald, M., [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Barron/kb-disc.php Kenny Barron Discography], accessed February 2, 2017.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
}}
In his review on Allmusic, Ron Wynn noted: "Sphere was one of the great repertory groups to emerge in the '80s."{{allMusic|class=album|id=mw0000087130|first=Ron|last=Wynn|label=Sphere – On Tour: Review|accessdate=February 2, 2017}}
Track listing
- "Dual Force" (Buster Williams) – 7:40
- "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 10:10
- "Scratch" (Kenny Barron) – 7:45
- "Tayamisha" (Williams) – 5:15
- "Spiral" (Barron) – 11:00
- "Well, You Needn't" (Thelonious Monk) – 8:20
Personnel
References
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{{Sphere (American band)}}
{{Kenny Barron}}
{{Buster Williams}}
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