| When Alto Was King | ||||
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| Released | August 19, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | May 9, 1995 & March 12, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 59:08 | |||
| Label | Mapleshade 04532 | |||
| Producer | Hamiet Bluiett | |||
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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]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
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]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by C. I. Williams except as indicated
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 5:12
- "Punkin Juice" - 5:45
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:08
- "Catfish Sammich" - 4:57
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner) - 5:57
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 6:32
- "Because of You" (Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson) - 3:29
- "Jeep's Blues" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 6:55
- "I'll Close My Eyes" (Buddy Kaye, Billy Reid) - 5:03
- "Avalon" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose) - 2:37
- "Precious Lord" (Thomas A. Dorsey) - 2:07
Personnel
[edit]- C. I. Williams - alto saxophone
- Larry Willis - piano (tracks 1-7, 10 & 11)
- Don Blackman - piano (tracks 8 & 9)
- Ed Cherry - guitar
- Keter Betts - bass
- Jimmy Cobb - drums
References
[edit]- ^ Charles Williams discography accessed November 13, 2014
- ^ Mapleshade Records Discography, accessed November 13, 2014
- ^ a b Roberts, J., Allmusic Review accessed November 13, 2014
- ^ Jenkins, W., JazzTimes Review, January/February 1998
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