Quality Time

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All Music Guide - Jim Newsom
Yellowjackets reedman Bob Mintzer, best-known outside that group for his big band recordings, steps out in a more straight-ahead jazz direction with Quality Time. Several of the tracks have a feel similar to the Yellowjackets acoustic work, while "All Is Quiet" sounds like a Coltrane ballad from the mid-'60s. On eight of the album's ten tracks, Mintzer's supporting cast includes pianist Phil Markowitz, bassman Jay Anderson and drummer Peter Erskine. The remaining two cuts are probably outtakes from recent Yellowjackets' recording sessions, with Mintzer playing bass clarinet beside Russell Ferrante's clavinet on the group-written "Emit A1," and the quartet showing its ...
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All Music Guide - Jim Newsom
Yellowjackets reedman Bob Mintzer, best-known outside that group for his big band recordings, steps out in a more straight-ahead jazz direction with Quality Time. Several of the tracks have a feel similar to the Yellowjackets acoustic work, while "All Is Quiet" sounds like a Coltrane ballad from the mid-'60s. On eight of the album's ten tracks, Mintzer's supporting cast includes pianist Phil Markowitz, bassman Jay Anderson and drummer Peter Erskine. The remaining two cuts are probably outtakes from recent Yellowjackets' recording sessions, with Mintzer playing bass clarinet beside Russell Ferrante's clavinet on the group-written "Emit A1," and the quartet showing its acoustic chops on "Family." Quality Time is more of a blowing session than the typical Yellowjackets disc, but the compositions and performances are every bit as high in quality.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/10/1998
  • Label: Tvt
  • UPC: 016581323025
  • Catalog Number: 3230

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Quality Time (6:25)
  2. 2 Overlap (5:30)
  3. 3 A Few Good Notes (7:05)
  4. 4 Emit A1 (5:55)
  5. 5 All Is Quiet (6:10)
  6. 6 Bop Boy (4:45)
  7. 7 Groovetown (5:36)
  8. 8 Gather The Spirit (6:04)
  9. 9 Bossa (7:19)
  10. 10 Family (4:56)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Bob Mintzer Primary Artist, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, EWI
Peter Erskine Drums
Phil Markowitz Piano
Jay Anderson Bass
Jimmy Haslip Bass Guitar
Russell Ferrante Keyboards
William Kennedy Drums
Technical Credits
Bob Mintzer Arranger
Jay Newland Mastering
Malcolm Pollack Engineer
Rich Breen Engineer
Tom Filogomo Engineer
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