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Andy Summers
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Release Date: 2000 09 26
Label: Slowburn
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In a similar vein as his 1999 release Green Chimneys: The Music of Thelonious Monk, guitarist Summers now offers tribute to jazz pioneer Charles Mingus. The collection is a little cobbled together, with an ill-conceived rap from Q-Tip over "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" and a sparse, unfunky reading of "Cumbia Jazz Fusion," but the former Policeman's bright guitar work works hard at tying it all together. Making more admirable guest spots are Randy Brecker bringing his crossover jazz trumpet to "Boogie Stop Shuffle," Deborah Harry singing on "Weird Nightmare," and the genre-bending Kronos Quartet performing a string arrangement of the final track "Myself." While at times overproduced and slick, Summers must be commended for approaching Mingus' daunting music head on and adapting it as his own. Zac Johnson, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Boogie Stop ShuffleMingus6:56
2Tonight at NoonMingus5:05
3Reincarnation of a LovebirdMingus6:26
4Opus ThreeMingus5:07
5Cumbia Jazz FusionMingus:40
6Remember Rockefeller at AtticaMingus4:09
7Peggy's Blue SkylightMingus5:11
8Weird NightmareMingus5:35
9Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Where Can a Man Find Peace?Mingus5:54
10Free Cell Block FMingus6:04
11Self-Portrait in Three ColorsMingus3:55
12Myself When I Am RealMingus9:06

Other Releases:
Peggy's Blue Skylight [Bonus Tracks]
Release Date: 2000
Label: Rare








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