Glass Enclosure (album)

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Glass Enclosure
Glass Enclosure (Rob Schneiderman album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)
RecordedJuly 14, 2007
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length61:54
Label Reservoir
RSR CD 193
Producer Mark Feldman
Rob Schneiderman chronology
Back in Town
(2004)
Glass Enclosure
(2008)
Tone Twister
(2017)

Glass Enclosure is the tenth album led by jazz pianist Rob Schneiderman, released on the Reservoir label in 2008. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review on AllMusic, Ken Dryden opined "Schneiderman devours Bud Powell's dramatic "Glass Enclosure" whole, while his sense of humor comes across in an easygoing take of Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite" as he slyly inserts a low-key quote from the Latin tune "Tico Tico." [1] In his review on DownBeat , Robert Doerschuk stated "Rob Schneiderman steers a straightahead course throughout Glass Enclosure... While everyone plays with a pleasing and relaxed authority, Schneiderman pushes a little further..." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Reunion" Rob Schneiderman 5:24
2."Ready or Not" Rob Schneiderman 6:21
3."Buster Rides Again" Bud Powell 6:33
4."Embraceable You" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 4:53
5."Glass Enclosure" Bud Powell 6:22
6."Bluegenes" Rob Schneiderman 7:33
7."Fine and Dandy" Kay Swift, Paul James 4:45
8."Yardbird Suite" Charlie Parker 6:13
9."Social Call" Gigi Gryce 6:33
10."Cocktails for Two" Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow 7:12
Total length:61:54

Track listing adapted from Discogs. [3]

Credits

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dryden, Ken. "Glass Enclosure". AllMusic . Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Doerschuk, Robert (December 2008). "Key Foundations". DownBeat . p. 78. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. "Rob Schneiderman – Glass Enclosure". Discogs . Retrieved August 31, 2020.