Trio Transition

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Trio Transition
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Studio album by
Mulgrew Miller
Released1987
RecordedDecember 16, 1987
StudioBig Box 901 Studio, Tokyo, Japan [1]
Genre Jazz
Length1:03:00
Label DIW DIW-8018
Producer Trio Transition
Mulgrew Miller chronology
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(1987)		Trio Transition
(1987)		 The Countdown
(1988)
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Trio Transition is the fourth studio album by American jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller together with drummer Frederick Waits and bassist Reggie Workman. The album was recorded on December 16, 1987 in Tokyo when that ad-hoc trio toured there, and released on the Japanese label DIW. The record was remastered in 2008 and re-released. [3]

Contents

The trio also released the album Trio Transition with Special Guest Oliver Lake in 1988 which was recorded in New York. [4]

Reception

Ken Dryden of Allmusic noted that: "this is the first of the only two CDs they recorded for DIW prior to Waits' death in 1989. The two standards include a driving version of "I Hear a Rhapsody" and an easygoing "Like Someone in Love," though most of the session focuses on originals. Miller contributed three songs, including the constantly shifting post-bop vehicle "No Sidestepping," the unusually structured ballad "Whisper," and the thoughtful hard bop tune "Second Thoughts," the latter a tune that shows the influence of James Williams, with whom Miller had recorded previously while working with Art Blakey. Workman's "Shades of Angola" is introduced by Waits' furious solo before taking shape as a brisk samba as the others join the drummer. Waits' tense "Two Faces of Nasheet" (dedicated to his son, who also took up the drums) is easily the most exotic offering of the date, delivering a Far Eastern flavor and a hint of John Coltrane in Miller's McCoy Tyner-like solo, though it also shifts back and forth into a more conventional ballad setting." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Hear a Rhapsody"Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre8:13
2."Shades of Angola"Reggie Workman8:36
3."Up Jumped Spring" Freddie Hubbard 9:48
4."No Sidestepping"Mulgrew Miller6:07
5."Like Someone in Love" Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen 7:03
6."Two Faces of Nasheet"Frederick Waits11:59
7."Whisper"Mulgrew Miller5:30
8."Second Thoughts"Mulgrew Miller5:44
Total length:01:03:00

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Trio Transition Catalog". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Dryden, Ken. "Mulgrew Miller: Trio Transition". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Trio Transition by Mulgrew Miller Reggie Workman Frederick Waits". Eastwind Import. eastwindimport.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Fuller, Jack (December 23, 1990). "Trio Transition With Special Guest Oliver Lake (DIW..." Chicago Tribune . chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Dryden, Ken. "Mulgrew Miller: Trio Transition". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
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