Mental Images (album)

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Mental Images
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Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedApril 1994
Studio Power Station, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length43:56
Label JMT
JMT 514 017
Producer Stefan F. Winter & Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks chronology
Karma
(1990)
Mental Images
(1994)
Wake Up Call
(1997)

Mental Images is an album by trombonist Robin Eubanks which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

AllMusic gave the album 3 stars. [3] The Rough Guide to Jazz called it a "gutsy album, which embraces M-Base and other styles". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Robin Eubanks

  1. "Matatape" - 8:29
  2. "Mental Images" - 8:54
  3. "Union 2 - Brotherly Love" - 3:50
  4. "Collage" - 7:07
  5. "Skin 'n' Bones" - 9:14
  6. "For What Might Have Been" - 4:07
  7. "X-Base" - 7:31
  8. "Egoli (Formerly Johannesburg)" - 6:08
  9. "CP-Time" - 3:04

Personnel

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References

  1. Robin Eubanks discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed December 8, 2014
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 454. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Carr, I., Fairweather, D., Priestley, B., The Rough Guide to Jazz, Rough Guides, 2004, p. 248