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Portraits In Blue (CD)

By: Marcus Roberts (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Portraits In Blue (CD) Album By Marcus Roberts (Artist)
1   Rhapsody In Blue
2   Yamekraw
3   "I Got Rhythm" Variations
 

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Review

Down Beat (11/96, p.53) - 4.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...PORTRAITS IN BLUE begins with Roberts' often stunning revamping of Gershwin's `Rhapsody In Blue.' He fleshes out the jazz underpinnings already present in the original work and lets them breathe..."
JazzTimes (10/96, p.86) - "...The recording and the concept fall within the realm of symphonic jazz. Thankfully, there's a lack of pretense that usually accompanies such projects....this is an enjoyable album that achieves its goals with all the neatness, thoroughness and ingenuity typical of Roberts."
Musician (8/96, pp.87-88) - "...It takes guts to anticipate critical disapproval by grabbing onto something like the `Rhapsody' and really shaking it up. Marcus Roberts, the most idiosyncratic and uncompromising pianist of his generation, does exactly this on PORTRAITS IN BLUE..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Marcus Roberts (piano); Robert Sadin (conductor); Wes Anderson (alto saxophone); Marcus Printup (trumpet); Ronald Westray (trombone); Ted Nash (clarinet); James Chirillo (banjo); Roland Guerin (bass); Jason Marsalis (drums); Ben Wolfe, Bill Easley, The Orchestra Of St. Luke's.

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra includes: Marcus Printup, Wes Anderson, Jason Marsalis, Ted Nash.

Recorded at The Masonic Grand Lodge, New York, New York on June 2, 6, 7 and July 13, 1995. Includes liner notes by Marcus Roberts.

PORTRAITS IN BLUE was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance.

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