''Epitome'' is an album by the American jazz saxophonist

Odean Pope Odean Pope (born October 24, 1938) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Pope was raised in Philadelphia, where he learned from Ray Bryant while young. Early in his career, at Philadelphia's Uptown Theater, Pope played behind a numbe ...

recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian

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Reception

The

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review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a truly unique and moving ensemble, making any of their discs recommended".Campbell, A
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Odean Pope except as indicated'' # "Epitome" - 9:56 # "In and Out" (Eddie Green) - 3:06 # "Brisa" (Tyrone Brown) - 6:02 # "Trilogy" (Brown, Pope) - 8:42 # "Coltrane Time" (

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...

) - 5:34 # " Lift Every Voice" (

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John Rosamond Johnson John Rosamond Johnson (August 11, 1873 – November 11, 1954; usually referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson) was an American composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, he had much of his career in New York ...

) - 5:04 # "Improvo" - 3:12 # "Gray Hair" - 4:10 # "Terrestrial" - 7:35 # "Zanzibar Blue" ( Dave Burrell) - 5:40 **Recorded at Morning Star Studio in Spring House, Pennsylvania on October 4–14, 1993

Personnel

, Glenn Guidone, Middy Middleton,

Bootsie Barnes Robert "Bootsie" Barnes (November 27, 1937 – April 22, 2020) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist from Philadelphia. Early life and education Barnes was raised in a housing project in North Philadelphia. His father was a trumpet player who ...

, Bob Howell –

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 ...

*Julian Pressley, Sam Reed, Robert Landham - alto saxophone *Joe Sudler - baritone saxophone * Dave Burrell, Eddie Green –

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 keybo ...

Gerald Veasley Gerald Veasley (born July 28, 1955) is an American jazz bass guitarist. Veasley was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he played in R&B groups as a teenager. He worked with Joe Zawinul from 1988 to 1995, and began releasing hi ...

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electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

*Tyrone Brown – bass *Craig McIver – drums

References

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