Mental Images (album)

Mental Images
Studio album by Robin Eubanks
Released	1994
Recorded	April 1994
Studio	Power Station, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:56
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]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[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

• Robin Eubanks - electric and acoustic trombone, vocals, cowbell, sampler
• Randy Brecker - trumpet (tracks 2 & 7)
• Antonio Hart - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7)
• Kevin Eubanks - acoustic guitar, cowbell, synthbass, (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
• Michael Cain - piano, synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 4)
• Kenny Davis - electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
• Dave Holland - acoustic bass (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
• Gene Jackson (tracks 1, 2, 4), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (tracks 5 & 7) - drums
• Kimati Dinizulu - African percussion, berimbau (tracks 1, 4 & 8)
• Adrian von Ripka, Carlos Albrecht, Stefan Winter - vocals (track 1)

References

1. Robin Eubanks discography, accessed December 9, 2014
2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
3. 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