Compassion (Cecil McBee album)

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Compassion
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Live album by
Cecil McBee Sextet
Released1979
RecordedAugust 3, 1977 at Sweet Basil, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length41:35
Label Enja 3041
Producer Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee chronology
Music from the Source
(1978)		Compassion
(1979)		 Flying Out
(1982)

Compassion is a live album by bassist Cecil McBee's Sextet recorded at Sweet Basil in 1977 and released on the Enja label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called it an "excellent post-bop set" and stated "The excellent solos, particularly those of Freeman, are adventurous, yet still based in the hard bop/modal tradition". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil McBee except as indicated

  1. "Pepi´s Samba" (Chico Freeman) - 13:15
  2. "Undercurrent" - 10:55
  3. "Compassion" - 17:25

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Cecil McBee discography accessed January 5, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Compassion – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 133. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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