Live at Slugs' | ||||
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Live album by Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. | ||||
Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | May 1, 1970 | |||
Venue | Slugs' (New York) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 59:45 | |||
Label | Strata-East | |||
Producer | Charles Tolliver | |||
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Live at Slugs' is a live album by American jazz trumpeter-composer Charles Tolliver and his quartet Music Inc. It was recorded in 1970 and released by Strata-East Records as two volumes in 1972. [1]
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Source | Rating |
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The music straddles the boundary between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde and rewards repeated listenings". [2]
All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated
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Strata-East Records is an American record company and label specialising in jazz founded in 1971 by Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell with the release of their first recording Music Inc. The label released over 50 albums in the 1970s. Many of the label's releases are now hailed as prime examples of 1970s post-bop, spiritual jazz, and afro-jazz.
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