Blues Cruise is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Cheek. It was released by Fresh Sound New Talent.
Background Cheek had released three albums for Fresh Sound New Talent before this one."Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise". Fresh Sound Records. Retrieved December 6, 2016. In addition to Cheek on saxophones, the Brad Mehldau trio were the other musicians.Bryant, Forrest Dylan (January/February 2007) "Chris Cheek – Blues Cruise". JazzTimes.
Music and recording The album was recorded at Avatar Studios, New York City, on March 16 and 17, 2005. Mehldau plays Fender Rhodes on some tracks.
Reception
The JazzTimes reviewer wrote that "The group strikes an appealing middle ground between old-school and modernist interpretative styles." The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as containing "measured thinking, unexpected and slippery development, and a taste for the macabre."
Track listing "Flamingo" (Grouya-Anderson) – 5:23 "Low Key Lightly" (Ellington) – 6:36 "Coo" (Cheek) – 6:49 "Squirrelling" (Cheek) – 5:42 "Song of India" (Korsakov) – 3:47 "Falling" (Cheek) – 6:19 "Blues Cruise" (Cheek) – 7:43 "John Denver" (Cheek) – 6:05 "The Sweatheart Tree" (Mancini) – 5:08
Personnel Chris Cheek – tenor sax, soprano sax Brad Mehldau – piano, Fender Rhodes Larry Grenadier – bass Jorge Rossy – drums
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