Something in Common (Sam Jones album)

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Something in Common
SAM JONES -- SOMETHING IN COMMON.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1977
RecordedApril 1974 – September 13, 1977
StudioC.I. Recording Studios, NYC.
Genre Jazz
Length1:02:22
Label Muse MR 5149
Producer Bob Porter, Cedar Walton
Sam Jones chronology
Changes & Things
(1977)
Something in Common
(1977)
Visitation
(1978)
Alternative cover
Sam Jones -- Something in Common -- Denon.jpg
CD cover (32 Jazz label)

Something in Common is a studio album by American jazz bassist Sam Jones, released on September 13, 1977 via the Muse label. [1] The record, with three bonus tracks, was re-released on CD in 2000 and as a digital download in 2009.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
DownBeat Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]

Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote: "In the 1970s, Jones' recordings as a leader were quite consistent, and Something in Common is a rewarding example of the type of solid, hard-swinging bop and post-bop that people expected from him. The only Jones piece that the sextet embraces is "Seven Minds"; other selections were written by Hampton ("Every Man Is a King"), Walton ("Something in Common" and the better known "Bolivia"), and Mitchell ("Blue Silver"). [4] A reviewer with All About Jazz stated: "Jones' only original tune from that 1978 album, Seven Minds, opens the CD with one of his ominous solos, backed by Higgins' cymbaled shimmering and Walton's upper-register ornamentation, before Jones leads into an enthralling, charging modal romp that challenges all of the players." [5] Zan Stewart assigned 4.5 stars to the album in DownBeat . [3] He called the release a "superlative, straightforward blowing" session. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Seven Minds"Jones12:16
2."Bolivia"Cedar Walton7:03
3."Something in Common"Cedar Walton5:58
4."Every Man Is a King" Slide Hampton 5:11
5."For All We Know" J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis 5:22
6."Blue Silver" Blue Mitchell 5:30
7."Shoulders"Cedar Walton7:17
8."One for Amos"Jones6:47
9."You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder 6:58
Total length:01:02:22

Three songs, "Shoulders", "One for Amos", and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", are bonus tracks from the 1974 album, Cedar Walton-Firm Roots, included in later releases.

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. "Sam Jones – Something In Common". Discogs . discogs.com. 1978. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  2. Henderson, Alex. "Sam Jones: Something in Common". AllMusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Stewart, Zan (December 18, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat . Vol. 46, no. 18. pp. 39–40.
  4. Henderson, Alex. "Sam Jones: Something in Common". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
  5. "Sam Jones: Something In Common". All About Jazz . allaboutjazz.com. January 1, 2001. Retrieved March 24, 2017.