Focus (Chico Freeman album)

Focus
Studio album by Chico Freeman
Released 1995
Recorded May 16, 1994
Genre Jazz
Length 61:01
Label Contemporary
CCD 14073-2
Producer Eric Miller
Chico Freeman chronology
The Unspoken Word
(1994)
Focus
(1994)
Still Sensitive
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Focus is an album by American jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman featuring Arthur Blythe recorded in 1994 and released on the Contemporary label.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Focus didn't go down in history as one of Freeman's essential works, but it's a generally decent and occasionally excellent CD that he can be proud of".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Chico Freeman except as indicated

  1. "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) - 7:47
  2. "Blackfoot" (George Cables) - 6:55
  3. "Ah, George, We Hardly Knew Ya" (Don Pullen) - 9:57
  4. "To Hear a Tear, Drop in the Rain" - 9:05
  5. "Playpen" (Freeman, Ed Maguire) - 8:25
  6. "Peacemaker" (Cecil McBee) - 11:41
  7. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Monk) - 8:11

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, A. Allmusic Review accessed August 12, 2014
  2. Contemporary Records discography accessed August 12, 2014
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