Slow Traffic to the Right

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Slow Traffic to the Right
Bennie Maupin Slow Traffic to the Right.jpg
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded1976-1977
Genre Jazz-fusion
Length32:15
Label Mercury
Producer Pat Gleeson
Bennie Maupin chronology
The Jewel in the Lotus
(1974)
Slow Traffic to the Right
(1977)
Moonscapes
(1978)
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Slow Traffic to the Right is the second album by jazz woodwind player Bennie Maupin, released in 1977.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "It Remains to Be Seen" – 8:01
  2. "Eternal Flame" – 4:34
  3. "Water Torture" – 4:52
  4. "You Know The Deal" (June Monteiro, Kevin Eggel Jackson) - 7:03
  5. "Lament" (Onaje Allan Gumbs) - 1:52
  6. "Quasar" - 5:53
All compositions by Bennie Maupin except where noted

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 133. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.