Shadows and Reflections (album)

Shadows and Reflections is an album by trumpeter and composer Baikida Carroll. It was recorded on January 13 and 20, 1982, at Sound House Studio in Newburgh, New York, and was released on vinyl later that year by Soul Note. On the album, Carroll is joined by saxophonist Julius Hemphill, pianist Anthony Davis, double bassist Dave Holland, and drummer Pheeroan akLaff.[1][2][3][4]

Shadows and Reflections
Studio album by
Baikida Carroll
Released1982
RecordedJanuary 13 and 20, 1982
StudioSound House Studio, Newburgh, New York
GenreFree jazz
Length42:28
LabelSoul Note
SN 1023
ProducerBaikida Carroll
Baikida Carroll chronology
The Spoken Word
(1977)		 Shadows and Reflections
(1982)		 Door of the Cage
(1995)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[6]

In a review for AllMusic, Bob Rusch wrote: "The material here sounded like it could have been a late Blue Note recording; in fact, there were times when the horns brought back flashbacks of the Jackie McLean-Charles Tolliver front line of the '60s. And for all their avant-garde credentials, this group sounded very comfortable and at home with the squirrelly free bop displayed here."[1]

On a similar note, Robert Palmer of The New York Times suggested that the album is "most reminiscent of the records the Blue Note label used to turn out in the mid-1960's - adventurous music that was always grounded in the verities of swing and the blues," and called it "a breath of fresh air." He remarked: "Anyone who doubts that musicians associated with the avant-garde can play this sort of thing, and make it move, should listen to what Mr. Carroll, Anthony Davis, Pheeroan Ak Laff, and the other musicians heard here do with it."[7]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full four stars, and commented: "Carroll has assembled a superb group of musicians... Holland... emerges as the key player, rooting the music in something dark and tremulously substantial."[5]

Track listing

Composed by Baikida Carroll.

  1. "Kaki" – 7:18
  2. "Jahi Sundance Lake" – 7:46
  3. "Left Jab" – 8:58
  4. "Pyramids" – 10:08
  5. "At Roi" – 8:18

Personnel

References
  1. Rusch, Bob. "Baikida Carroll: Shadows and Reflections". AllMusic. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  2. "Baikida Carroll - Shadows and Reflections". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  3. "Shadows And Reflections / Baikida Carroll". CamJazz. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  4. "Baikida Carroll discography". JazzLists. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. pp. 252–253.
  6. Hull, Tom (May 3, 2014). "Rhapsody Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  7. Palmer, Robert (October 20, 1982). "Pop Life; Donald Fagen Returns to 50's Roots". The New York Times. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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