''Headin' Home'' is an
album by trumpeter
Jimmy Owens recorded and released by the
A&M/
Horizon
The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
label in 1978.
[Eyries, P., Edwards, D. & Callahan, M]
A&M Album Discography, Part 26: A&M Horizon Jazz Series
accessed December 4, 2019
Reception
In his review on
Allmusic, Richard S. Ginell notes "''Headin' Home'' goes even further down the road of commercial viability than its predecessor on Horizon, as Owens tries once again to sell some records. Most of the tracks are up-tempo workouts unapologetically aimed for the dancefloor, with rather mellifluous trumpet or flügelhorn lines cresting the waves of wah-wah guitars and semi-funky drumming. Which is not a bad thing in itself, given decent, memorable material -- which this LP mostly lacks".
Track listing
All compositions by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson except where noted
# "Home" (Charlie Smalls) − 5:53
# "New Tune" − 5:47
# "Dreaming My Life Away" (Jimmy Owens, Norma Jordan) − 5:45
# "Never Subject to Change" (Owens) − 5:34
# "B. S." − 6:51
# "Sweet Love" (Kenny Barron, Chris White) − 9:42
# "Exercise (Dis'go, Dis'way)" − 6:21
Personnel
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Jimmy Owens – trumpet, flugelhorn
*
Carlos Alomar (tracks 1-4 & 6), George Davis, Mantwila Nyomo (track 5) − guitar
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Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Biography
Born in Philadel ...
(tracks 1-6),
Stanley Cowell
Stanley Cowell (May 5, 1941 – December 17, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Strata-East Records label.
Early life
Cowell was born in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing the piano around the age of four, and became interest ...
(track 7) − keyboards
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Chris White − bass (tracks 5 & 6)
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Gary King − electric bass (tracks 1-4 & 7)
*Brian Brake (tracks 1-6),
Billy Cobham (track 7) – drums
*Erroll 'Crusher' Bennett − percussion (tracks 4-7)
*
Cecil Bridgewater,
Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known ...
, Virgil Jones, Victor Paz,
Charles Sullivan − trumpet (track 7)
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Wayne Andre, Earl McIntyre, Alfred Patterson,
Janice Robinson − trombone (track 7)
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Jerry Dodgion,
Alex Foster − alto saxophone, flute (track 7)
*
Seldon Powell,
Harold Vick − tenor saxophone, flute (track 7)
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George Barrow − baritone saxophone, flute (track 7)
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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (June 14, 1932, Manhattan, New York City or possibly (unconfirmed) Winston-Salem, North Carolina – March 9, 2004, Chicago) was an American composer whose interests spanned the worlds of jazz, dance, pop, film, ...
− arranger (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
References
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Jimmy Owens (musician) albums
1978 albums
Horizon Records albums
A&M Records albums