Taboo (Ronald Shannon Jackson album)
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| Taboo | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Venture | |||
| Producer | Bill Laswell, Ronald Shannon Jackson | |||
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Taboo is an album by the American musician Ronald Shannon Jackson.[1][2] It was released by Venture Records in 1990.[3] Jackson supported the album with concert appearances in the UK.[4]
Recorded in the mid-1980s, the album was coproduced by Bill Laswell.[5][6] Vernon Reid played guitar on all of the tracks.[7] Jackson employed two bass players and a horn section.[8]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Calgary Herald | C+[10] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[11] |
| Los Angeles Times | [12] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [13] |
The Calgary Herald wrote that the "generous use of horns—and Vernon Reid's smooth guitar—keep it all together while Jackson teaches a lesson in what can be done with percussion."[10] The Edmonton Journal said that, "tight, up front, or in behind he is always trying something, maybe just in response to the bright Coleman-style discord of the band... Sax and guitar take their own stretch with a jazzy message."[8] Robert Christgau opined that the "first side's a suite that'll string you along but good—kind of like Mingus, so to speak."[11] The Los Angeles Times stated that "high horns playing Middle Eastern-tinged melodies over bubbling bass and limber, forceful drumming."[12] The Guardian praised the "deliciously full ensemble thrashes."[6]