The Oracle (Cindy Blackman album)

The Oracle is an album led by drummer Cindy Blackman which was recorded in 1995 and released on the Muse label.[1][2][3]

The Oracle
Studio album by
Cindy Blackman
Released1996
RecordedJanuary 23, 1995
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length54:05
LabelMuse
MCD 5542
ProducerCindy Blackman, Don Sickler
Cindy Blackman chronology
Telepathy
(1992)		 The Oracle
(1996)		 In the Now
(1997)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[5]

Jason Ankeny of Allmusic stated simply, "Blackman took time off from touring with rocker Lenny Kravitz to cut her fourth record, on which she leads a band including bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron and Gary Bartz on alto sax".[4]

Ted Panken, writing for The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide, called the band "an all-star unit... at the peak of their powers," and commented: "The ensemble sound bears Blackman's indelible stamp; she's refined her conception to assert idiomatic individuality in a multiplicity of contexts."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Cindy Blackman except where noted

  1. "The Oracle" – 9:31
  2. "Crazy He Calls Me" (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) – 7:35
  3. "A.J." – 5:28
  4. "Beatrice" (Sam Rivers) – 6:32
  5. "Who Needs Forever? (Quincy Jones) – 5:28
  6. "Traffic" – 6:45
  7. "Why" – 5:21
  8. "Our Blues" – 7:25

Personnel

References
  1. Cindy Blackman catalog accessed October 10, 2017
  2. Muse LP series discography: 5500 to 5549 accessed October 10, 2017
  3. Muse Records listing, accessed October 10, 2017
  4. Wynn, Ron. Cindy Blackman: The Oracle – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  5. Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 66.
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