Blues Cruise

 ( Chris Cheek Albums ) 

Blues Cruise is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Cheek. It was released by Fresh Sound New Talent.

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Background Cheek had released three albums for Fresh Sound New Talent before this one. "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise". Fresh Sound Records. Retrieved December 6, 2016. In addition to Cheek on saxophones, the Brad Mehldau trio were the other musicians.Bryant, Forrest Dylan (January/February 2007) "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise". JazzTimes.

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Music and recording The album was recorded at Avatar Studios, New York City, on March 16 and 17, 2005. Mehldau plays Fender Rhodes on some tracks.

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Reception

The JazzTimes reviewer wrote that "The group strikes an appealing middle ground between old-school and modernist interpretative styles." The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as containing "measured thinking, unexpected and slippery development, and a taste for the macabre."

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Track listing

1. "Flamingo" (Grouya-Anderson) – 5:23
2. "Low Key Lightly" (Ellington) – 6:36
3. "Coo" (Cheek) – 6:49
4. "Squirrelling" (Cheek) – 5:42
5. "Song of India" (Korsakov) – 3:47
6. "Falling" (Cheek) – 6:19
7. "Blues Cruise" (Cheek) – 7:43
8. "John Denver" (Cheek) – 6:05
9. "The Sweatheart Tree" (Mancini) – 5:08

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Personnel

• Chris Cheek – tenor sax, soprano sax
• Brad Mehldau – piano, Fender Rhodes
• Larry Grenadier – bass
• Jorge Rossy – drums

Categories: Chris Cheek Albums, 2005 Albums, Albums Recorded At Power Station

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