The Great Pretender (Lester Bowie album)
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| Studio album by Lester Bowie | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | June 1981 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:44 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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The Great Pretender is the first album by Lester Bowie recorded for ECM and released in 1981.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars stating "The Great Pretender is a perfect title for this effort, a mix of funk and humor, gospel and jazz, with no small points of reference to Dizzy Gillespie, early doo wop, Mahalia Jackson, James Brown, and Sun Ra... The Great Pretender falls just short of Bowie's magnum opus The 5th Power, but not by much in terms of sheer modernism. It's utterly enjoyable creative jazz, worthy of a space in your collection".[1]
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
Track listing
- "The Great Pretender" (Buck Ram) - 16:22
- "It's Howdy Doody Time" (Edward Kean) - 2:08
- "When the Doom (Moon) Comes Over the Mountain" (Harry M. Woods/Howard E. Johnson; Arr:Lester Bowie) - 3:39
- "Rios Negroes" (Bowie) - 7:17
- "Rose Drop" (Bowie) - 7:28
- "Oh, How the Ghost Sings" (Bowie/Donald Smith[disambiguation needed]/Fred Williams/Phillip Wilson/Manfred Eicher/Martin Wieland) 5:50
Personnel
- Lester Bowie - trumpet
- Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone
- Donald Smith[disambiguation needed] - piano, organ
- Fred Williams - bass, electric bass
- Phillip Wilson - drums
- Fontella Bass - vocals
- David Peaston - vocals
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed May 9, 2011
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