Gut Feelings (album)

Gut Feelings
Live album by Jack Walrath and Masters of Suspense
Released	1991
Recorded	September 10, 1990
Venue	Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	69:02
Label	Muse MCD 5422
Producer	Don Sickler
Jack Walrath chronology
Out of the Tradition (1990) Gut Feelings (1991) Portraits in Ivory and Brass (1992)

Gut Feelings is a live album by trumpeter Jack Walrath which was recorded at the Merkin Concert Hall in 1990 and released on the Muse label in 1991. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
DownBeat	[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Walrath's current group. Carter Jefferson (ts), Anthony Cox (b) are prime players". ^[4] The DownBeat reviewer indicated that Walrath was partially successful in the album's "blending of jazz and classical elements". ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Walrath except where noted

1. "The Serpent's Kiss" – 15:36
2. "Jump Monk" (Charles Mingus) – 10:56
3. "Adagio For Strings And Organ" (Tomaso Albinoni, Remo Giazotto) – 9:01
4. "Gagaku (4th movement of Sept Haikai)" (Olivier Messiaen) – 7:06
5. "Blues in the Guts" – 9:07
6. "Faith" – 17:56

Personnel

• Jack Walrath – trumpet
• Carter Jefferson – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Michael Cochrane – piano
• Anthony Cox – bass
• Ronnie Burrage – drums
• Hiraga Strings:
  • Amy Higara – violin, concertmaster
  • Charles Baker, Bob Shaw, Peter Winograd – violin
  • Maria Lambros Kannen, David Cerutti – viola
  • Peter Wyrick, Peter Sanders – cello
  • Don Sickler - conductor

References

1. Muse LP series discography: 5400 to 5449 accessed September 27, 2017
2. Muse Records listing, accessed September 27, 2017
3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Jack Walrath, accessed September 27, 2017
4. Yanow, Scott. Jack Walrath: Gut Feelings – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 27, 2017.
5. "Jack Walrath". DownBeat . Vol. 58, no. 9. September 1991. pp. 47, 59.