When Alto Was King | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 19, 1997 | |||
Recorded | May 9, 1995 & March 12, 1996 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 59:08 | |||
Label | Mapleshade 04532 | |||
Producer | Hamiet Bluiett | |||
C. I. Williams chronology | ||||
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When Alto Was King is the final album recorded by American saxophonist C. I. Williams released in 1997 on the Mapleshade label a quarter century after his previous album. [1] [2]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this superb-sounding album is a fitting showcase for Williams' alto talents". [3] In JazzTimes Willard Jenkins wrote "Mr. Williams has a buttery tone that is delivered with authority and the veteran's sense of relaxed swing. His tone bending, for example, is done very subtly and with a knowingness that never announces the arrival of the next bended note. He plays it with a liquidity and fluid sense of phrasing that makes every piece a study in elegance". [4]
All compositions by C. I. Williams except as indicated