Steppin' Into Beauty

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Steppin' Into Beauty
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Studio album by
Hilton Ruiz Trio / Quintet
Released1982
RecordedFebruary 7–8, 1977
StudioC.I. Recording Inc., NYC
Genre Jazz
Length43:11
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1158
Producer Nils Winther
Hilton Ruiz chronology
New York Hilton
(1977)		Steppin' Into Beauty
(1982)		Live at Jazz Unité
(1981)

Steppin' Into Beauty is an album by pianist Hilton Ruiz, collecting performances recorded in 1977 at the sessions that produced Excition and New York Hilton , which was released on the Danish label SteepleChase in 1982. [1] [2]

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Track listing

  1. "Origin" (Pharoah Sanders) – 9:59
  2. "Steppin' into Beauty" (Rahsaan Roland Kirk) – 5:26
  3. "The Last Profit" (Roy Brooks) – 7:20
  4. "The Goal" (Hakim Jami) – 6:50
  5. "Excition" (Frank Foster) – 13:33

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed June 27, 2017
  2. ↑ "Hilton Ruiz – Steppin' Into Beauty (SCCD 31158)". Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ Hilton Ruiz: Steppin' Into Beauty – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1247. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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