''Domingo'' is an album by saxophonist/composer
Benny Golson that was recorded in Paris in 1991 and released on the French
Dreyfus label.
Dreyfus Records: album details
accessed March 22, 2019
Reception
The AllMusic
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review by Scott Yanow said "Tenor-saxophonist Benny Golson reunites with his longtime associate Curtis Fuller for this enjoyable set of hard bop ... Golson and Fuller both sound very much in their musical prime. The tenor's sound at this point had become quite a bit harder than previously, at times fairly close to Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
's, but he swung as hard as ever. Fuller in contrast is unchanged from his earlier days. Together they play in top form".
Track listing
All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted
# "My Blues House" – 8:41
# "Domingo" – 7:57
# " In Your Own Sweet Way" ( Dave Brubeck) – 9:34
# "Thinking Mode" – 9:27
# "Moment to Moment" – 6:48
# "Time Speaks" – 9:20
# "A La Mode" (Curtis Fuller) – 9:02
# "Blues March
"Blues March" is a composition by Benny Golson. It was first recorded for Blue Mitchell's Riverside album '' Big 6'' on July 2 and 3, 1958,Yanow, Scot"Blue Mitchell: Big 6" AllMusic. Retrieved December 21, 2013. and has become a jazz standard.B ...
" – 4:09
Personnel
* Benny Golson – tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...
*Curtis Fuller
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.
Early life
Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 1932. ...
– trombone
The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...
*Kevin Hays
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The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an ...
– piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...
*James Genus
James Genus (January 20, 1966) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band. Genus has performed as a session musician and sideman throughout his career, hav ...
- bass
*Tony Reedus
Tony Reedus (22 September 1959 – 16 November 2008) was an American jazz drummer.
Reedus first gained attention performing in Woody Shaw's band during the 1980s. He played with Dave Stryker, Mulgrew Miller, Art Blakey, Mike Nock, Kenny Gar ...
– drums
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*Jean-Loup Longnon
Jean-Loup Longnon (born February 2, 1953, Paris) is a French jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He is the nephew of Guy Longnon.
Longnon comes from a family of writers and musicians and first studied piano and cello, but at the age of 15 he ...
– trumpet
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(track 8)
References
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Benny Golson albums
1992 albums
Dreyfus Records albums