Public Eye (album)
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| Public Eye | ||||
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| Released | March 25, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | October 1990 | |||
| Studio | Clinton Recording Studios, NYC (recording and mixing) | |||
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| Length | 67:03 | |||
| Label | Novus/RCA PD83113 | |||
| Producer | Larry Clothier | |||
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Public Eye is the sophomore studio album by trumpeter Roy Hargrove, recorded in October 1990 and released on March 25, 1991, on the Novus/RCA label.[1][2] For this date, Hargrove is joined by saxophonist Antonio Hart, pianist Stephen Scott, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Billy Higgins.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, stated: "Hargrove shows why he was so highly rated from the start of his career. On such numbers as 'September in the Rain,' 'End of a Love Affair,' 'Crazeology,' and four of his straight-ahead originals, Hargrove plays in a style not that different from Lee Morgan but with his own soulful sound, revitalizing the jazz tradition with his enthusiastic ideas."[1] The Rolling Stone Album Guide emphasized that the album "mix[es] such well-known tunes as 'September in the Rain,' 'What's New' and a storming, high-speed 'Crazeology' with high-powered originals like the title track and 'Lada'", continuing that "The byplay of Hargrove and Hart provides the kind of exchange usually associated with seasoned veterans."[3] Jack Fuller for the Chicago Tribune noted: "the young trumpeter Roy Hargrove does an undistinguished but perfectly adequate job with a set of standards and originals. The tone is as buttery as Clifford Brown's but the sense of uniqueness isn't there yet."[4] Similarly, a brief by Jazz in Marciac concluded that the album "reveals a soloist who, in some ways, recalls Clifford Brown".[5] Spin magazine added that "This second Novus release displays Roy's maturation as a bandleader and brilliantly showcases 22-year-old Antonio Hart."[6]