Youniverse (Rob Brown album)

Youniverse
Studio album by Rob Brown
Released	1992
Recorded	June 28, 1992
Studio	Water Music, Hoboken, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	64:55
Label	Riti
Producer	Rob Brown, Whit Dickey
Rob Brown chronology
Breath Rhyme (1989) Youniverse (1992) Illuminate (1995)

Youniverse is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown recorded in 1992 and released on the Riti label, operated by free jazz musician and composer Joe Morris. It features a trio with Morris on guitar and Whit Dickey on drums playing six Brown compositions and two collective improvisations. ^[1] The same lineup would be named Trio Ahxoloxha when they released the album Prophet Moon a decade later under the leadership of Dickey. ^[2]

Reception

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Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says about the album compared to the previous Breath Rhyme that "the result is a clearer, more songful music that retains its intensity." ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Rob Brown except as indicated

1. "Youniverse" – 6:09
2. "Mikro" – 8:24
3. "Kingpin" – 7:17
4. "Imprint 1" (Rob Brown, Joe Morris, Whit Dickey) – 11:55
5. "Inside Break" – 5:22
6. "Sonic Film" – 9:06
7. "Imprint 2" (Rob Brown, Joe Morris, Whit Dickey) – 9:00
8. "Svengali" – 7:31

Personnel

• Rob Brown – alto sax
• Joe Morris – guitar
• Whit Dickey – drums

References

1. Original Liner Notes by Kevin Whitehead
2. Riti Records at AUM Fidelity
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 209. ISBN   0-14-051521-6.