47th Street (album)

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ReleasedFebruary 10, 1998
RecordedApril 20, 1993 – September 14, 1996
StudioRiverside, Chicago
47th Street
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1998
RecordedApril 20, 1993 – September 14, 1996
StudioRiverside, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length70:43
LabelDelmark
DD-497
ProducerRobert G. Koester, Steve Wagner
Malachi Thompson chronology
Buddy Bolden's Rag
(1993)
47th Street
(1998)
Freebop Now!
(1998)

47th Street is an album by the American jazz trumpeter Malachi Thompson, released by the Delmark label in 1998.[1][2][3][4] The album formed part of Thompson's efforts to revitalize the Sutherland Hotel one of the last remaining links to the 47th Street Jazz Scene in Chicago.[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar[7]

AllMusic reviewer Tim Sheridan stated that "Thompson's terrific ode to a unique time and place in African-American history is filled with exciting musical ideas while also remaining accessible".[6] In JazzTimes, Duck Baker observed: "He adapts his playing, with a minimum of fine tuning, to a gamut of styles from blues and swing to hard bop and free jazz. You could say that one hears the range and rambunctiousness of Lester Bowie tempered with some of Booker Little’s purpose and lyricism. One hears Chicago, that’s for sure. The supporting cast, while too extensive to credit individually, is never less than excellent... A proud statement by all concerned".[8]

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