''Impulse'' is an album by saxophonist
Buck Hill
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which was recorded in 1992 and released on the
Muse
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label.
[Fitzgerald, M]
Jazzdiscography: Buck Hill Leader Entry
accessed March 20, 2019
Reception
The
AllMusic
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review by Scott Yanow stated "the veteran tenor saxophonist is heard in peak form. This particularly well-rounded set has many high points".
Track listing
All compositions by Buck Hill except where noted
# "Blues in the Closet" (
Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
Biography
Pettiford was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United ...
) – 5:31
# "You Taught My Heart to Sing" (
McCoy Tyner
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,
Sammy Cahn
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) – 4:22
# "Random Walk" – 4:57
# "Impulse" – 6:14
# "
In a Sentimental Mood
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Duke Ellington
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,
Manny Kurtz,
Irving Mills
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Personal
Mills was ...
) – 6:28
# "
Sweet Georgia Brown
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History
Reportedly, Ben Bernie came up with the concept for the song's lyrics – although he is not the credited lyricis ...
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Ben Bernie
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Maceo Pinkard,
Kenneth Casey
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Biography
Born in New York City, Casey worked as a child actor in over thirty films for Vitagraph Studios b ...
) – 6:03
# "
Solitude
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" (Ellington,
Eddie DeLange
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, Mills) – 5:57
# "Ottowa Bash" – 6:28
# "
How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
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Michel Legrand
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Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 4:08
# "
Now's the Time" (
Charlie Parker
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) – 4:30
Personnel
*
Buck Hill
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–
tenor saxophone
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,
clarinet
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Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...
*Jon Ozment –
piano
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*Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr. –
bass
*Warren Shadd –
drums
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References
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Muse Records albums
Buck Hill (musician) albums
1995 albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio