''The Ponderer'' 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 1990 and released on the Italian

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Reception

The

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review awarded the album 4½ stars.Allmusic Review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Odean Pope except as indicated'' # "Overture" - 6:10 # "I Wish I Knew" (

Mack Gordon Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American composer and lyricist for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times in 11 years, including five consecutive years betwee ...

, Harry Warren) - 1:56 # "Out for a Walk Part 1" - 3:34 # "Out for a Walk Part 2" - 3:43 # "The Ponderer" - 9:11 # "Little M's Lady" (Eddie Green) - 5:32 # "Phrygian Love Theme" - 10:21 # "One for Bubba" (Green) - 5:16 :*Recorded at Platinum Factory, Inc. in Brooklyn, New York on March 12, 1990

Personnel

, Glenn Guidone, Middy Middleton, John Simon, 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, Byard Lancaster – alto saxophone *Joe Sudler – baritone saxophone *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 *Cornell Rochester – drums

References

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