Compassion (Cecil McBee album)

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Compassion
Compassion (Cecil McBee album).jpg
Live album by Cecil McBee Sextet
Released 1979
Recorded August 3, 1977 at Sweet Basil, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length 41:35
Label Enja 3041
Producer Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee chronology
Music from the Source
(1978)Music from the Source1978
Compassion
(1979)
Alternate Spaces
(1977)Alternate Spaces1977

Compassion is a live album by bassist Cecil McBee's Sextet recorded at Sweet Basil in 1977 and released on the Enja label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 3/5 stars[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called it an "excellent post-bop set" and stated "The excellent solos, particularly those of Freeman, are adventurous, yet still based in the hard bop/modal tradition".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil McBee except as indicated

  1. "Pepi´s Samba" (Chico Freeman) - 13:15
  2. "Undercurrent" - 10:55
  3. "Compassion" - 17:25

Personnel

References

  1. Cecil McBee discography accessed January 5, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yanow, Scott. Compassion – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
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