Groovin' (Idrees Sulieman album)

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Groovin'
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Studio album by
Released1986
RecordedAugust 2, 1985
Sound Track Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length57:25
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1218
Producer Nils Winther
Idrees Sulieman chronology
Bird's Grass
(1976)
Groovin'
(1986)

Groovin' is an album by the trumpeter Idrees Sulieman recorded in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label. [1]

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Scott Yanow of AllMusic reviewed the album, writing, "Five days short of his 62nd birthday, Idrees Sulieman was still in fine form for this record." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) 10:31
  2. "Tell Me What's Your Name" (Kathe Laursen) 5:53
  3. "If I Only Knew" (Idrees Sulieman) 6:05
  4. "Late Before Time" (Kathe Laursen) 11:18 (previously unissued bonus track on CD)
  5. "Lipstick" (Kathe Laursen) 8:24
  6. "The Center of Copenhagen" (Idrees Sulieman) 8:06
  7. "Happy Ending" (Per Goldschmidt) 7:00

Personnel

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References

  1. SteepleChase Records discography, Jazz lists. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S., "Idrees Sulieman - Groovin'", AllMusic Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 1405.