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.

Reception

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".

Music Inc.

Track listing

All compositions by Charles Tolliver except as indicated

"Ruthie's Heart" - 6:19

"Brilliant Circles" (Stanley Cowell) - 4:53

"Abscretions" (Cowell) - 7:03

"Household of Saud" - 6:42

"On the Nile" - 9:51

"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

1971 albums

Charles Tolliver albums

Strata-East Records albums

Music Inc.