Details
Track Listing
1. Rhapsody in Blue
2. Yamekraw
3. "I Got Rhythm" Variations
| Details | | Producer: | Steven Epstein | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Marcus Roberts (piano); Robert Sadin (conductor); Wes Anderson (alto saxophone); Marcus Printup (trumpet); Ronald Westray (trombone); Ted Nash (clarinet); James Chirillo (banjo); Roland Guerin (bass); Jason Marsalis (drums); Ben Wolfe, Bill Easley, The Orchestra Of St. Luke's.
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra includes: Marcus Printup, Wes Anderson, Jason Marsalis, Ted Nash.
Recorded at The Masonic Grand Lodge, New York, New York on June 2, 6, 7 and July 13, 1995. Includes liner notes by Marcus Roberts.
PORTRAITS IN BLUE was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance.
Industry Reviews
4.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...PORTRAITS IN BLUE begins with Roberts' often stunning revamping of Gershwin's `Rhapsody In Blue.' He fleshes out the jazz underpinnings already present in the original work and lets them breathe...
Down Beat (11/01/1996)
...The recording and the concept fall within the realm of symphonic jazz. Thankfully, there's a lack of pretense that usually accompanies such projects....this is an enjoyable album that achieves its goals with all the neatness, thoroughness and ingenuity typical of Roberts.
JazzTimes (10/01/1996)
...It takes guts to anticipate critical disapproval by grabbing onto something like the `Rhapsody' and really shaking it up. Marcus Roberts, the most idiosyncratic and uncompromising pianist of his generation, does exactly this on PORTRAITS IN BLUE...
Musician (08/01/1996)
...It takes guts to anticipate critical disapproval by grabbing onto something like the `Rhapsody' and really shaking it up. Marcus Roberts, the most idiosyncratic and uncompromising pianist of his generation, does exactly this on PORTRAITS IN BLUE...
Musician (08/01/1996)
...The recording and the concept fall within the realm of symphonic jazz. Thankfully, there's a lack of pretense that usually accompanies such projects....this is an enjoyable album that achieves its goals with all the neatness, thoroughness and ingenuity typical of Roberts.
JazzTimes (10/01/1996)
4.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...PORTRAITS IN BLUE begins with Roberts' often stunning revamping of Gershwin's `Rhapsody In Blue.' He fleshes out the jazz underpinnings already present in the original work and lets them breathe...
Down Beat (11/01/1996)
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