Music Inc. is an album by American jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. with a Big Band recorded in 1970 and first released on the Strata-East label.[1]

Music Inc.
Studio album by Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. & Big Band
Released	1971
Recorded	November 11, 1970, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:52
Label	Strata-East
Producer	George Klabin
Charles Tolliver chronology
The Ringer (1970) Music Inc. (1971) Impact (1972)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The remarkable Music, Inc. Big Band remains the apotheosis of trumpeter Charles Tolliver's singular creative vision. Rarely if ever has a big band exhibited so much freedom or finesse, while at the same time never overwhelming the virtuoso soloists on whom the performances pivots".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated

1. "Ruthie's Heart" - 6:19
2. "Brilliant Circles" (Stanley Cowell) - 4:53
3. "Abscretions" (Cowell) - 7:03
4. "Household of Saud" - 6:42
5. "On the Nile" - 9:51
6. "Departure" (Cowell) - 5:04

Personnel

• Charles Tolliver - trumpet
• Stanley Cowell - piano
• Cecil McBee - bass
• Jimmy Hopps - drums
• Bobby Brown - flute
• Wilbur Brown, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan - flute, tenor saxophone
• Howard Johnson - baritone saxophone, tuba
• Lorenzo Greenwich, Virgil Jones, Danny Moore, Richard Williams - trumpet
• Garnett Brown, Curtis Fuller, John Gordon, Dick Griffin - trombone

References