Margy Pargy

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Margy Pargy
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 2005
Genre Jazz
Label Splasc
Producer Peppo Spagnoli
Dave Burrell chronology
Expansion
(2004)
Margy Pargy
(2005)
Consequences
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Margy Pargy is a studio album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. It was released on March 9, 2005, by Splasc Records. It is a solo album and, in contrast, a week later the album After Love was released, which featured collaborations with such jazz greats as Roscoe Mitchell, Don Moye (both from the Art Ensemble of Chicago) and Ron Miller. The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "A quality solo set [...] The best things are standards, including a long, troublous 'Lush Life'." [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (Warren) — 6:28
  2. "Expansion" (Burrell) — 8:00
  3. "DB Blues" (Burrell) — 5:49
  4. "Prelude to Crucifado" (Burrell) — 2:27
  5. "Crucifado" (Burrell) — 4:58
  6. "Margy Pargy" (Burrell) — 6:52
  7. "Lush Life" (Strayhorn) — 9:00
  8. "My Foolish Heart" (Young) — 4:15
  9. "So in Love" (Porter) — 3:43

Personnel

Reception

Allaboutjazz.com reviewer Rex Butters comments that Burrell "reaches effortlessly through time to retrieve all flavors of the blues" to create an album that is "boasting reverent roots as well as forward vision." [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 200. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. Rex Butters. "Margy Pargy" . Retrieved 2007-02-02.