Half Past Autumn Suite

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Half Past Autumn Suite
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ReleasedJanuary 25, 2003 (2003-01-25)
RecordedNovember 27–29, 2001
Genre Jazz, mainstream jazz, Dixieland
Length61:14
Label Basin Street
Irvin Mayfield chronology
How Passion Falls
(2001)
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(2005)
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Half Past Autumn Suite is an album by jazz trumpeter Irvin Mayfield that was released in 2003 as a tribute to Gordon Parks, a photographer and pianist.

Contents

In 2000, Parks's photographs were given an exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art. The CD version of the album contained a CD-ROM with photos from the exhibition that could be downloaded, two videos of recording sessions, and an interview with Parks. [1]

Parks and Mayfield performed a duet on "Wind Song". Wynton Marsalis played trumpet on the song "Blue Dawn". His brother, Delfeayo, produced the album and made a guest appearance on trombone. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Irving Mayfield except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Moonscape"7:58
2."Love Petals"4:20
3."Evening"6:33
4."Jazz Poetry No. 2"3:23
5."Flowerscape"9:04
6."Fatimah"5:02
7."Jazz Poetry No. 1"4:52
8."Blue Dawn"8:07
9."Wind Song" (Gordon Parks)4:59
10."Toward Infinity"6:33


Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Anderson, Rick. "Half Past Autumn Suite - Irvin Mayfield". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 February 2017.