Apogee (Pete Christlieb and Warne Marsh album)

Apogee
Studio album by Pete Christlieb and Warne Marsh
Released	1978
Recorded	May 17–21 and June 3, 1978
Studio	ABC, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:28
Label	Warner Bros. BSK 3236
Producer	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Warne Marsh chronology
Warne Out (1977) Apogee (1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 1 (1978)
Pete Christlieb chronology
Tell It Like It Is (1972) Apogee (1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 1 (1978)

Apogee is an album by saxophonists Pete Christlieb and Warne Marsh, recorded in 1978 and released on the Warner Bros. label. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Jazz Review	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]

The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide states that "Apogee is an unadulterated burner, guaranteed to work for tenor freaks." ^[6] The AllMusic review noted: "Apogee is an anomaly in many ways. First, it is a Southern California answer to the great titan tenor battle records of the '40s and '50s. Rather than sounding like a cutting contest, it sounds like a gorgeous exercise in swinging harmony and melodic improvisation by two compadres. ... the pair engaged a kind of freewheeling, good-time set that remains one of the most harmonically sophisticated recordings to come out of the 1970s." ^[3] On All About Jazz , Chris M. Slawecki observed: "It is impossible to distinguish one man’s tenor from the other: sometimes they swing in unison, sometimes harmonizing, sometimes in duet or counterpunching, but they are always strong, meaty and powerful." ^[7] In Jazz Review , Mark Keresman called it "a sterling set of beautifully recorded, searing, straight-ahead, mainstream bop tenor madness." ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Magna-tism" (Pete Christlieb) – 7:32
2. "317 E. 32nd" (Lennie Tristano) – 6:34
3. "Rapunzel" (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) – 7:15
4. "Tenors of the Time" (Joe Roccisano) – 7:42
5. "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker) – 6:35
6. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 6:50
7. "Lunarcy" (Lou Levy) – 7:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Love Me" – 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) – 9:37 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Pete Christlieb, Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
• Lou Levy – piano
• Jim Hughart – bass
• Nick Ceroli – drums
• Joe Roccisano – arranger (tracks 1–4)

References

1. Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Warner Brothers Album Discography, Part 8: BSK-3100 to BSK-3299 (1977–1979) accessed May 16, 2017
2. Godwin, M. Discography of Warne Marion Marsh accessed May 16, 2017
3. Jurek, Thom. Apogee – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 16, 2017.
4. Keresman, M. Jazz Review review Archived 2016-10-24 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 16, 2017
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 251. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 132. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
7. Slawecki, C. M. All About Jazz review accessed May 16, 2017