Bloomington (album)
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| Live album by Branford Marsalis | ||||
| Released | May 1993 | |||
| Recorded | September 23, 1991 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 1:19:02 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Dr. George Butler (executive producer); Delfeayo Marsalis | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
Bloomington is a jazz album by Branford Marsalis, featuring the trio that had recorded his studio album The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. It peaked at number 9 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.
In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow calls the album "very long-winded and rather dull" and says of Marsalis that he "seems content to play the part of a chameleon, doing his impressions of late-period Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and (when he switches to soprano) Ornette Coleman." The LA Times praised the recording, saying "the telling of what he finds is revealing and beautiful in ways only the best improvisational music can be."Entertainment Weekly called the recording "a career-positioning statement in matter-of-fact musical terms" and "insular music for the hard-bop elite."
All tracks written by Branford Marsalis, except where indicated.
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