Round Trip (Ralph Moore album)

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Round Trip
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Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedDecember 21, 1985
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length42:23
Label Reservoir
RSR 104
Producer Mark Feldman
Ralph Moore chronology
Round Trip
(1987)
623 C Street
(1987)

Round Trip is the debut album led by saxophonist Ralph Moore which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Reservoir label in 1987. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In his review on AllMusic, Scott Yanow called it "A fine hard bop date and an excellent start to Ralph Moore's solo career". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Ralph Moore except where noted

  1. "Dunes" – 6:30
  2. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:08
  3. "Round Trip" (Kevin Eubanks) – 5:07
  4. "Lotus Blossom" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:04
  5. "Monique" – 6:25
  6. "Back Room Blues" (Brian Lynch) – 6:56
  7. "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson) – 5:13 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. Reservoir Music Catalog. Retrieved January 8, 2019
  2. Jazzlists: Ralph Moore discography. Retrieved January 8, 2019
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Ralph Moore: Round Trip – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 8, 2019.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1035. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.