Calling All Mothers
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| Calling All Mothers | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | November 1993 at Streetville Studios, Chicago | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 55:51 | |||
| Label | Quinnah Records Q05 | |||
| Producer | Mars Williams & Steve Lake | |||
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Calling All Mothers is an album by American jazz group the NRG Ensemble, their first after the death of bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Hal Russell, which was recorded in 1993 and released on the Quinnah label.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| DownBeat | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [3] |
The AllMusic review by William York states that "the album has a nice element of diversity, yet it still coheres well... They play virtually every piece like it's an encore, but, fortunately, the material is strong enough to sustain such intensity".[1]
The DownBeat review by Bill Shoemaker states: "Though the set includes three Russell pieces utilizing everything from nimble swing pastiches to full-bore sax blasts, the compositional strengths of Williams, Hunt and newcomer multi-reedist Ken Vandermark preclude the possibility of NRG ever becoming a ghost band."[2]