Ebu is an album by American jazz saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett recorded in 1984 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Ebu
Studio album by Hamiet Bluiett Quartet
Released	1984
Recorded	February 1, 2 and 13, 1984 Classic Sound Studio, New York
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:04
Label	Soul Note SN 1088
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Hamiet Bluiett chronology
Dangerously Suite (1981) Ebu (1984) The Clarinet Family (1984)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Chris Kelsey states "Though Ebu has a taste of the arcane, it is mostly a collection of relatively straightahead Bluiett-penned blowing vehicles done with fire and invention. Bluiett has the biggest sound in town; his phrasing and articulation is a little heavy, as one would expect, but he plays with a strength and conviction that's rarely equalled by other baritonists... This music has a manifest unruliness, a spirit of adventure; it leaps outrageously into the unknown and usually lands square on its feet."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Hamiet Bluiett except as indicated

1. "Ebu" – 8:30
2. "New Bones" – 9:05
3. "Nu Tune" – 3:30
4. "Gumbo (Vegetarian Style)" – 8:02
5. "Things Will Never Be the Same" – 7:40
6. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 7:17

Personnel

• Hamiet Bluiett – baritone saxophone, alto clarinet
• John Hicks – piano
• Fred Hopkins – bass
• Marvin "Smitty" Smith – drums

References