Monday, January 23, 2017

Tom Harrell


























Artist:  Tom Harrell
Born:  June 16, 1946.  Urbana, Illinois, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instruments:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Tom Harrell is an American Composer, Arranger and a Jazz Trumpet and Flugelhorn.  He has won awards and grants, including Multiple  Trumpeter of The Year Awards from Down Beat Magazine, SESAC Jazz Award, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) Composer Award, and Prix Oscar du Jazz.  He received a Grammy Nomination for his big band album, Time's Mirror.  He has been recorded on over 260 albums and continues to compose, record and tour around the world.














Title"  Something Gold, Something Blue  (2016)
Genre:  Jazz, Post Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Label:  HighNote Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Circuit  (5:56)
 2.  Travelin'  (7:10)
 3.  Trances  (11:07)
 4.  Delta Of The Nile  (7:00)
 5.  Keep On Goin'  (10:14)
 6.  View  (5:50)
 7.  Body And Soul  (6:48)
 8.  Sound Image  (9:00)
 9.  The Vehicle  (4:27)

Personnel:

Tom Harrell:  Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ambrose Akinmusire:  Trumpet
Charles Altura:  Guitar
Ugonna Okegwo:  Bass
Johnathan Blake: Drums, Tambourine
Omer Avital:  Oud on Track 4

Something Gold, Something Blue is an album by Tom Harrell, was released on September 9, 2016 by HighNote Records, featuring Ambrose Akinmusire, Charles Altura, Ugonna Okegwo, and Johnathan Bake.

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