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Closer to the Source is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1984, featuring an all star cast of guest musicians and released on the Atlantic label.[1]

Closer to the Source
Studio album by
Released1984
Recorded1984
StudioBear Tracks (New York), A&M Studios (California) and Criteria Studio (Miami)
Genre
  • Jazz
  • Smooth Jazz
Length38:02
LabelAtlantic
81646-1
ProducerT. Brooks Shepard
Dizzy Gillespie chronology
To a Finland Station
(1982)
Closer to the Source
(1984)
New Faces
(1985)

Critical reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The Allmusic review stated "This set of commercial material (with guest spots by Stevie Wonder, tenor saxophonist Branford Marsalis and bassist Marcus Miller) is quite forgettable -- throwaway funk tunes with the parts of the sidemen sounding as if they were phoned in".[2]

The album was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist.[4]


Track listing


  1. "Could It Be You" (Marcus Miller) - 5:15
  2. "It's Time for Love" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) - 5:01
  3. "Closer to the Source" (Leroy Hutson, Lonnie Reaves, Alfonzo Surrett) - 4:58
  4. "You're No. 1 in My Book" (Dana Meyers, Wilmer Raglin Jr., Leon F. Silvers, William Zimmerman) - 4:23
  5. "Iced Tea" (Vincent Fielder) - 6:21
  6. "Just Before Dawn" (Delores Allen, Al Foster) - 4:54
  7. "Textures" (Herbie Hancock) - 7:10

Personnel



References


  1. Kenny Kirkland discography accessed April 22, 2012
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed April 22, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 556. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. "Dizzy Gillespie". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.



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