Salutes the Saxophone Roots with Chico Freeman, Arthur Blythe, Sam Rivers & Nathan Davis

• 1 Cottontail 07:24
• 2 Parker's Mood 08:59
• 3 Impressions 10:19
• 4 You Don't Know What Love Is 07:50
• 5 The Panther 07:33
• 6 Body and Soul 05:45
• 7 St. Thomas 10:28
• 8 Red Top 08:37
• 9 Lester Leaps In 05:14
• Total Runtime 01:12:09

Info for Salutes the Saxophone

Recorded at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival, where this outstanding all-star saxophone repertory band made its d?but in 1991, this album features ROOTS celebrating some of the great saxophonists in jazz with memorable versions of the great compositions with which they are associated.

"What ROOTS celebrates so enjoyably... is the sheer vitality, adaptability and diversity of the jazz tradition itself, providing as it does an ever-expanding body of work to be interpreted anew by each succeeding generation of musicians." (Chris Parker, Jazz Correspondent, Daily Telegraph Weekend)

Arthur Blythe, alto saxophone
Nathan Davis, tenor and soprano saxophones
Chico Freeman, tenor and soprano saxophones
Sam Rivers, tenor saxophone
Don Pullen, piano
Santi Debriano, bass
Tommy Campbell, drums

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