Medicine Wheel (album)

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Medicine Wheel
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Studio album by
Released1998
Genre Jazz
Label Palmetto Records
Ben Allison chronology
Seven Arrows
(1996)
Medicine Wheel
(1998)
Third Eye
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Medicine Wheel is an album by bassist Ben Allison [5] that was released by Palmetto in 1998. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

All About Jazz called the album a "watershed moment in end of the century East Coast jazz." [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Ben Allison.

  1. Spy
  2. Mousetrap
  3. Buzz
  4. Apostles of the Ugly
  5. Blabbermouth
  6. Spy (detail)
  7. Quirky Dungeon
  8. Tiny C

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Jazz, All About. "Ben Allison: Medicine Wheel album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz.
  2. "Medicine Wheel - Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 132.
  4. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  5. "Bass Men Step Out Front With Summer Sets". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. July 18, 1998 via Google Books.
  6. "Jazz Notes". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 25, 2006 via Google Books.