Music Inc.
Music Inc. is an album by American jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. with a Big Band recorded in 1970 and first released on the Strata-East label.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The remarkable Music, Inc. Big Band remains the apotheosis of trumpeter Charles Tolliver's singular creative vision. Rarely if ever has a big band exhibited so much freedom or finesse, while at the same time never overwhelming the virtuoso soloists on whom the performances pivots".Track listing
All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated- "Ruthie's Heart" - 6:19
- "Brilliant Circles" - 4:53
- "Abscretions" - 7:03
- "Household of Saud" - 6:42
- "On the Nile" - 9:51
- "Departure" - 5:04
Personnel
- Charles Tolliver - trumpet
- Stanley Cowell - piano
- Cecil McBee - bass
- Jimmy Hopps - drums
- Bobby Brown - flute
- Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan - flute, tenor saxophone
- Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone, tuba
- Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams - trumpet
- Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin - trombone