Roots (Idrees Sulieman album)

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Roots
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Studio album by Idrees Sulieman
Released 1958
Recorded October 25 and December 6, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length42:14
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8202
Producer Bob Weinstock
Idrees Sulieman chronology
Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors
(1957) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors1957		Roots
(1957)		 Americans in Europe
(1963) Americans in Europe1963

Roots is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeter Idrees Sulieman recorded in 1957 and released on the New Jazz label. [1]

Idrees Sulieman American musician

Idrees Sulieman was a bop and hard bop trumpeter.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

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David Szatmary of Allmusic reviewed the album, stating "More big-band bop with a stellar cast". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Roots" (Doug Watkins) - 27:22
  2. "Down by the Riverside" (Traditional) - 5:52
  3. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 9:00

Personnel

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Jimmy Cleveland American jazz trombonist

James Milton Cleveland was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

Frank Rehak was a jazz trombonist. He started on piano and cello before switching to trombone. He was a member of the Gil Evans band and worked with fellow member Miles Davis. He also appeared with Davis on the broadcast "The Sounds of Miles Davis."

Production

Rudy Van Gelder American recording engineer

Rudolph Van Gelder was an American recording engineer who specialized in jazz.

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed March 30, 2015
  2. 1 2 Szatmary, D., Allmusic Review, March 30, 2015
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