Blues Forever

Blues Forever
Studio album by Muhal Richard Abrams
Released	1982
Recorded	20, 21 and 27 July 1981
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:21
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Muhal Richard Abrams chronology
Duet (1981) Blues Forever (1982) Rejoicing with the Light (1983)

Blues Forever is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams released on the Italian Black Saint label in 1982 and featuring performances of seven of Abrams compositions by an eleven-member big band.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although every arrangement doesn't click, the band successfully romps and stomps through enough cuts to show that the big band sound doesn't just mean "ghost" groups recreating dusty numbers from the 1930s and 1940s".^[1] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide called the album "Abrams crowning achievement".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Track listing

1. "Ancient and Future Reflections" - 6:46
2. "Du King" (Dedicated to Duke Ellington) - 2:00
3. "Chambea" - 7:30
4. "Duet for One World" - 4:53
5. "Blues Forever" - 9:01
6. "Cluster for Many Worlds" - 5:02
7. "Quartet to Quartet" - 7:09

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams

• • Recorded July 20, 21 & 27, 1981 at Barigozzi Studio, Milano

Personnel

• Muhal Richard Abrams - piano, conductor
• Baikida Carroll - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Craig Harris - trombone
• Wallace Laroy McMillan - baratone saxophone, flute
• Jimmy Vass - alto saxophone, flute
• Eugene Ghee - tenor saxophone, clarinet
• Vincent Chancey - French horn
• Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone saxophone
• Jean-Paul Bourelly - guitar
• Michael Logan - bass
• Andrew Cyrille - drums

References

1. Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed 11 July 2011
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.