Music Inc.

Music Inc.
Studio album by Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. & Big Band
Released	1971
Recorded	November 11, 1970, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:52
Label	Strata-East SES 1971
Producer	George Klabin
Charles Tolliver chronology
Live at Slugs' (1970) Music Inc. (1970) Impact (1972)

Music Inc. is an album by American jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. with a Big Band recorded in 1970 and first released on the Strata-East label.^[1]

Reception

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

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The remarkable Music, Inc. Big Band remains the apotheosis of trumpeter Charles Tolliver's singular creative vision. Rarely if ever has a big band exhibited so much freedom or finesse, while at the same time never overwhelming the virtuoso soloists on whom the performances pivots".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated

1. "Ruthie's Heart" - 6:19
2. "Brilliant Circles" (Stanley Cowell) - 4:53
3. "Abscretions" (Cowell) - 7:03
4. "Household of Saud" - 6:42
5. "On the Nile" - 9:51
6. "Departure" (Cowell) - 5:04

Personnel

• Charles Tolliver - trumpet
• Stanley Cowell - piano
• Cecil McBee - bass
• Jimmy Hopps - drums
• Bobby Brown - flute
• Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan - flute, tenor saxophone
• Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone, tuba
• Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams - trumpet
• Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin - trombone

References

1. Charles Tolliver leader discography accessed October 28, 2014
2. Ankeny, J., Allmusic Review accessed October 28, 2014
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 192. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.