Mental Images is an album by trombonist Robin Eubanks which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label.[1][2]

Mental Images
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedApril 1994
StudioPower Station, New York City
GenreJazz
Length43:56
LabelJMT
JMT 514 017
ProducerStefan F. Winter & Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks chronology
Karma
(1990)
Mental Images
(1994)
Wake Up Call
(1997)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

AllMusic gave the album 3 stars.[3] The Rough Guide to Jazz called it a "gutsy album, which embraces M-Base and other styles".[5]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Robin Eubanks

  1. "Matatape" - 8:29
  2. "Mental Images" - 8:54
  3. "Union 2 - Brotherly Love" - 3:50
  4. "Collage" - 7:07
  5. "Skin 'n' Bones" - 9:14
  6. "For What Might Have Been" - 4:07
  7. "X-Base" - 7:31
  8. "Egoli (Formerly Johannesburg)" - 6:08
  9. "CP-Time" - 3:04

Personnel edit

  • Robin Eubanks - electric and acoustic trombone, vocals, cowbell, sampler
  • Randy Brecker - trumpet (tracks 2 & 7)
  • Antonio Hart - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7)
  • Kevin Eubanks - acoustic guitar, cowbell, synthbass, (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
  • Michael Cain - piano, synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 4)
  • Kenny Davis - electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
  • Dave Holland - acoustic bass (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
  • Gene Jackson (tracks 1, 2, 4), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (tracks 5 & 7) - drums
  • Kimati Dinizulu - African percussion, berimbau (tracks 1, 4 & 8)
  • Adrian von Ripka, Carlos Albrecht, Stefan Winter - vocals (track 1)

References edit

  1. ^ Robin Eubanks discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  2. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  3. ^ a b Allmusic listing accessed December 8, 2014
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Carr, I., Fairweather, D., Priestley, B., The Rough Guide to Jazz, Rough Guides, 2004, p. 248