''Akhenaten Suite'' is the seventh album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Campbell, an extended work inspired by Amenhotep IV, Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. The project was specially commissioned by Arts for Art, recorded live at the 2007

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and released on AUM Fidelity.Original Liner Notes by Steve Dollar

Reception

The

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review by Michael G. Nastos states "there is an overall good end result on this ambitious first outing of what could eventually wind up being his signature large composition". The '' JazzTimes'' review by Forrest Dylan Bryant says "Delivered in sour tones and rumbling polyrhythms, the suite juxtaposes creakily exotic ensemble passages with fiery solo flights. Campbell, leading his quintet through strange and bold soundscapes, balances a contemplative lyricism with concentrated bursts of blazing energy on trumpet and flugelhorn."Bryant, Forrest Dylan
''Akhenaten Suite'' review
at '' JazzTimes'' In his All About Jazz review, Mark Corroto says that "the music was written in the fashion of a

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or Gil Evans suite" and claims "Roy Campbell has composed a fully formed suite, one which is worth repeated listening sessions."Corroto, Mark
''Akhenaten Suite'' review
at All About Jazz

Track listing

:''All compositions by Roy Campbell'' # "Akhenaten (Amenophis, Amenhotep IV)" - 11:40 # "Aten and Amarna" - 6:30 # "Pharaoh's Revenge (Akhenaten) Intro Part 1"- 2:53 # "Pharaoh's Revenge Part 1"- 10:24 # "Pharaoh's Revenge (Tutankhamun) Intro Part 2" - 3:07 # "Pharaoh's Revenge Part 2" - 10:31 # "Sunset On The Nile" - 12:09

Personnel

* Roy Campbell -

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flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

, argol,

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violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

*Bryan Carrott -

vibraharp The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

*Hilliard Greene -

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*Zen Matsuura -

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References

{{Authority control AUM Fidelity live albums Roy Campbell Jr. live albums 2008 live albums Albums recorded at the Vision Festival Cultural depictions of Akhenaten Songs about Egypt Songs about kings