Blues Cruise
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| Blues Cruise | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 2006 |
| Recorded | March 16–17, 2005 |
| Studio | Avatar (New York, New York) |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Fresh Sound New Talent |
| Producer | Chris Cheek |
Blues Cruise is an album by jazz saxophonist Chris Cheek. It was released by Fresh Sound New Talent.
Cheek had released three albums for Fresh Sound New Talent before this one.[1] In addition to Cheek on saxophones, the Brad Mehldau trio were the other musicians.[2]
Music and recording
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |   [3] |
The JazzTimes reviewer wrote that "The group strikes an appealing middle ground between old-school and modernist interpretative styles."[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as containing "measured thinking, unexpected and slippery development, and a taste for the macabre."[3]