''F-Stops'' is an album by American jazz trombonist and composer

Craig Harris Craig S. Harris (born September 10, 1953) is an American jazz trombonist, who started working with Sun Ra in 1976. He also has worked with Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray (saxophonist), David Murray, Lester Bowie, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers (jazz ...

recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian

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Reception

The

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review by

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awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Harris takes some of his finest recorded solos ever throughout this project, making it obvious that he is a major trombonist".Yanow, S
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Craig Harris'' # "Say Essay" – 14:32 # "F-Stops: 1st Flow" – 5:40 # "F-Stops: 2nd Flow" – 3:12 # "F-Stops: 3rd Flow" – 7:08 # "F-Stops: 4th Flow" – 4:14 # "F-Stops: 5th Flow" – 6:02 # "F-Stops: 6th Flow" – 1:06 # "F-Stops: 7th Flow" – 2:56 # "D.A.S.H." – 5:46 # "Generations" – 5:32 # "High Life" – 9:28 # "A Soft Shoe" – 3:32 # "Burundi" – 8:17 **Recorded at

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in New York City on June 24 & 25, 1993

Personnel

– trombone,

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, vocals *

John Stubblefield John Stubblefield (February 4, 1945 – July 4, 2005) was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and oboist. Early life Stubblefield was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied music at the Association for the Advancement of Crea ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

Hamiet Bluiett Hamiet Bluiett (; September 16, 1940 – October 4, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument was the baritone saxophone, and he was considered one of the finest players of this instrument. A membe ...

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baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

*Darrell Grant – piano, keyboards *Bill White – guitar * Calvin X Jones – double bass *Tony Lewis – drums

References

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