''Social Call'' is an album by saxophonist
Charlie Rouse and trumpeter
Red Rodney which was recorded and released on the
Uptown
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label in 1984.
Reception
The
AllMusic review by
Scott Yanow
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Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
stated "Old friends Rouse and Rodney work off each other very well, and the results are swinging and enjoyable".
The authors of ''
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' called the album "a fine showing from the saxophonist," and praised Dailey's contribution, stating that he is "hugely authoritative... and plays with relaxed power."
David Franklin of ''
Jazz Times'' noted that Rouse's "appealing, distinctive tone, his clipped, inventive phrasing and his forceful swing-all characteristics" are "clearly in evidence" on the album, and called Rodney "a fine intuitive player" who "never fails to swing infectiously while crafting steadfastly melodic lines."
Track listing
# "Little Chico" (Charlie Rouse) – 6:20
# "Social Call" (
Gigi Gryce) – 5:46
# "Half Nelson" (
Miles Davis) – 6:29
# "Greenhouse" (Bobby Porcelli) – 4:44
# "
Darn That Dream" (
Jimmy Van Heusen
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Life and care ...
,
Eddie DeLange) – 9:31
# "Casbah" (
Tadd Dameron) – 6:11
Personnel
*
Charlie Rouse -
tenor saxophone
*
Red Rodney –
trumpet,
flugelhorn
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*
Albert Dailey –
piano
*
Cecil McBee
Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American jazz bassist. He has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of jazz albums.
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McBee was born in Tu ...
–
bass
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Kenny Washington –
drums
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*
Don Sickler -
arranger
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References
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Uptown Records (jazz) albums
Red Rodney albums
Charlie Rouse albums
1984 albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio