Blues Forever

Blues Forever
Blues Forever
Studio album by Muhal Richard Abrams
Released	1982
Recorded	July 20, 21, 27, 1981
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milan
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:21
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Muhal Richard Abrams chronology

Blues Forever is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams released by the Italian label Black Saint in 1982 and featuring performances of seven of Abrams compositions by an eleven-member big band.

Critical reception[]

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating, "Although every arrangement doesn't click, the band successfully romps and stomps through enough cuts to show that the big band sound doesn't just mean "ghost" groups recreating dusty numbers from the 1930s and 1940s."^[1] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide called the album "Abrams's crowning achievement".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "a sparkling big-band date with some demanding charts and a vivid sub-current of the blues".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams

"Ancient and Future Reflections" – 6:46
"Du King" (Dedicated to Duke Ellington) – 2:00
"Chambea" – 7:30
"Duet for One World" – 4:53
"Blues Forever" – 9:01
"Cluster for Many Worlds" – 5:02
"Quartet to Quartet" – 7:09

Personnel[]

Muhal Richard Abrams – piano, conductor
Baikida Carroll – trumpet, flugelhorn
Craig Harris – trombone
– baritone saxophone, flute
– alto saxophone, flute
– tenor saxophone, clarinet
Vincent Chancey – French horn
Howard Johnson – tuba, baritone saxophone
Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar
Michael Logan – bass
Andrew Cyrille – drums

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Wynn, Ron. "Blues Forever - Muhal Richard Abrams". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Wynn-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Wynn, Ron. "Blues Forever - Muhal Richard Abrams". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[RSJRG-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin9-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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