Rainbow People (album)

Rainbow People is an album by trombonist Steve Turre recorded in 2007 and released on the HighNote label the following year.[1][2]

Rainbow People
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 6, 2008
RecordedDecember 6 & 7, 2007
StudioKnoop Studios, River Edge, NJ
GenreJazz
Length65:06
LabelHighNote
HCD 7181
ProducerSteve Turre
Steve Turre chronology
Keep Searchin'
(2006)
Rainbow People
(2008)
Spiritman: The Smoke Sessions
(2009)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
All About Jazz     [4]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek said the album "may be the finest offering of his career as a leader" and noted "his compositions here are startlingly fresh, wildly and cleverly inventive, and full of warmth and humor. His arrangements for this band are his new watermark".[3]

On All About Jazz, Ian Patterson called it "a classy and deceptively leisurely session which finds Turre in sparkling form" and observed "The blues is at the heart of Rainbow People and the songs are like a heartfelt, mellow incantation—gospel praise to guiding lights. Classy, sophisticated, and soulful".[4]

In JazzTimes, Bill Milkowski called it "a set of exhilarating originals and two well-chosen covers" and stated "In an age where young trombonists seem more attracted to the multiphonic experiments of players like Albert Mangelsdorff, Turre is decidedly old school, still out there waving the flag for bop elders like J.J. Johnson, Curtis Fuller and Slide Hampton".[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Steve Turre except where noted

  1. "Rainbow People" – 8:40
  2. "Forward Vision" – 5:59
  3. "Brother Ray" – 9:04
  4. "Groove Blues" – 5:51
  5. "Midnight in Madrid" – 8:47
  6. "Cleopatra's Needle" (Steve Kirby) – 4:12
  7. "Search for Peace" (McCoy Tyner) – 8:15
  8. "Segment" (Charlie Parker) – 5:29
  9. "Para el Comandante" – 8:49

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Jazz Depot: HighNote discography accessed January 23, 2019
  2. ^ Steve Trurre: album details website accessed January 23, 2019
  3. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Steve Turre: Rainbow People – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Patterson, I. All About Jazz Review accessed January 23, 2019
  5. ^ Milkowski, B. JazzTimes Review accessed January 23, 2019