Something in Common | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 13, 1977 | |||
Recorded | April 1974 – September 13, 1977 | |||
Studio | C.I. Recording Studios, NYC. | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 1:02:22 | |||
Label | Muse Records MR 5149 | |||
Producer | Bob Porter, Cedar Walton | |||
Sam Jones chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
Something in Common is a studio album by American jazz bassist Sam Jones, released on September 13, 1977 via the Muse label. [1] The record, with three bonus tracks, was re-released on CD in 2000 and as a digital download in 2009.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote: "In the 1970s, Jones' recordings as a leader were quite consistent, and Something in Common is a rewarding example of the type of solid, hard-swinging bop and post-bop that people expected from him. The only Jones piece that the sextet embraces is " Seven Minds"; other selections were written by Hampton ("Every Man Is a King"), Walton ("Something in Common" and the better known "Bolivia"), and Mitchell ("Blue Silver"). [3] A reviewer with All About Jazz stated: "Jones' only original tune from that 1978 album, Seven Minds, opens the CD with one of his ominous solos, backed by Higgins' cymbaled shimmering and Walton's upper-register ornamentation, before Jones leads into an enthralling, charging modal romp that challenges all of the players." [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Seven Minds" | Jones | 12:16 |
2. | "Bolivia" | Cedar Walton | 7:03 |
3. | "Something in Common" | Cedar Walton | 5:58 |
4. | "Every Man Is a King" | Slide Hampton | 5:11 |
5. | "For All We Know" | J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis | 5:22 |
6. | "Blue Silver" | Blue Mitchell | 5:30 |
7. | "Shoulders" | Cedar Walton | 7:17 |
8. | "One for Amos" | Jones | 6:47 |
9. | " You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Stevie Wonder | 6:58 |
Total length: | 01:02:22 |
Three songs, "Shoulders", "One for Amos", and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", are bonus tracks from the 1974 album, Cedar Walton-Firm Roots, included in later releases.
Something in Common | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 13, 1977 | |||
Recorded | April 1974 – September 13, 1977 | |||
Studio | C.I. Recording Studios, NYC. | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 1:02:22 | |||
Label | Muse Records MR 5149 | |||
Producer | Bob Porter, Cedar Walton | |||
Sam Jones chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
Something in Common is a studio album by American jazz bassist Sam Jones, released on September 13, 1977 via the Muse label. [1] The record, with three bonus tracks, was re-released on CD in 2000 and as a digital download in 2009.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Alex Henderson of AllMusic wrote: "In the 1970s, Jones' recordings as a leader were quite consistent, and Something in Common is a rewarding example of the type of solid, hard-swinging bop and post-bop that people expected from him. The only Jones piece that the sextet embraces is " Seven Minds"; other selections were written by Hampton ("Every Man Is a King"), Walton ("Something in Common" and the better known "Bolivia"), and Mitchell ("Blue Silver"). [3] A reviewer with All About Jazz stated: "Jones' only original tune from that 1978 album, Seven Minds, opens the CD with one of his ominous solos, backed by Higgins' cymbaled shimmering and Walton's upper-register ornamentation, before Jones leads into an enthralling, charging modal romp that challenges all of the players." [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Seven Minds" | Jones | 12:16 |
2. | "Bolivia" | Cedar Walton | 7:03 |
3. | "Something in Common" | Cedar Walton | 5:58 |
4. | "Every Man Is a King" | Slide Hampton | 5:11 |
5. | "For All We Know" | J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis | 5:22 |
6. | "Blue Silver" | Blue Mitchell | 5:30 |
7. | "Shoulders" | Cedar Walton | 7:17 |
8. | "One for Amos" | Jones | 6:47 |
9. | " You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Stevie Wonder | 6:58 |
Total length: | 01:02:22 |
Three songs, "Shoulders", "One for Amos", and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", are bonus tracks from the 1974 album, Cedar Walton-Firm Roots, included in later releases.