''Season of Renewal'' is the third album by saxophonist

Greg Osby Greg Osby (born August 3, 1960) is an American saxophonist and composer. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Osby studied at Howard University, then at the Berklee College of Music. He moved to New York City in 1982, where he played with Jaki ...

recorded in 1989 and released on the JMT label.Greg Osby discography
accessed October 1, 2014

Reception

The album received a mixed reception. The

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

review by Scott Yanow states, "The originals, none of which contain much of a melody, never get beyond setting mysterious moods, most of them not assisted by the inappropriate rhythms from the notable supporting cast... If Osby's solos could have been isolated from the "backing," or if the drumming were a lot freer, this music would be quite intriguing. But as it came out, the results are consistently annoying and difficult to sit through".Yanow, S.
Allmusic Review
accessed October 1, 2014

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the Un ...

critic Don Snowden wrote "the rhythm section leaves enough holes for the sound to veer clear of mechanical funk and the arrangements are spacious enough to effectively showcase Osby's darting alto bursts and tone color-conscious approach to soprano".Snowden, D.
Los Angeles Times review
July 1, 1990

Track listing

''All compositions by Greg Osby except as indicated'' # "Sapphire" - 5:20 # "Enchantment" - 3:43 # "For the Cause" - 2:24 # "Life's Truth" - 5:07 # "Dialogue X" - 5:10 # "Season of Renewal" - 4:58 # "Mischief Makers" - 5:46 # "Word" - 4:43 # "Constant Structure" - 5:18 # "Eye Witness" (Paul Samuels) - 5:34 # "Spirit Hour" - 5:20

Personnel

- alto saxophone, soprano saxophone * Edward Simon, Renee Rosnes - keyboards *

Kevin Eubanks Kevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957) is an American jazz and fusion guitarist and composer. He was the leader of The Tonight Show Band with host Jay Leno from 1995 to 2010. He also led the Primetime Band on the short lived ''The Jay Le ...

, Kevin McNeal - guitar, guitar synthesizer *

Lonnie Plaxico Lonnie Plaxico (born September 4, 1960) is an American jazz double bassist. Biography Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing both ...

- bass *Paul Samuels - drums *Steve Thornton - percussion *

Amina Claudine Myers Amina Claudine Myers (born March 21, 1942) is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and arranger. Biography Born in Blackwell, Arkansas, "Myers was brought up largely by her great-aunt, a schoolteacher, and her great-uncle, a c ...

(tracks 2 & 4)

Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female Jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed wi ...

(tracks 6, 8 & 11) - vocals

References

{{Authority control 1990 albums Greg Osby albums JMT Records albums Winter & Winter Records albums