Dangerously Suite

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Dangerously Suite
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Studio album by
Released1981
RecordedApril 9, 1981
Right Track Recording Studio, New York, NY
Genre Jazz
Length44:24
Label Soul Note
SN 1018
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Hamiet Bluiett chronology
Im/Possible to Keep
(1979)
Dangerously Suite
(1981)
Ebu
(1984)

Dangerously Suite is an album by American jazz saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett recorded in 1980 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review for AllMusic, Milo Fine states the session "tried a bit too hard to cover all the "Black music" bases from ballads to swing to blues to gospel to funk. The group played well, but only a few surface levels of feeling/commitment seemed to be explored." [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Hamiet Bluiett except as indicated
  1. "Between the Raindrops" – 8:17
  2. "Ballad of Eddie Jefferson" – 6:35
  3. "Full, Deep and Mellow" – 6:48
  4. "Prayer" (Chief Bey) – 1:20
  5. "Blues for Atlanta Georgia" – 5:08
  6. "Mighty Denn" – 4:22
  7. "Doll Baby" – 4:17
  8. "Oasis" – 5:39
  9. "Rain Shout" (Chief Bey, Hamiet Bluiett) – 1:58

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References

  1. Frohne, M., Soul Note discography accessed November 18, 2014
  2. 1 2 Fine, Milo. Hamiet Bluiett – Dangerously Suite: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 18, 2014.