''Gypsy Man'' is an album by saxophonist

Robin Kenyatta Robin Kenyatta (March 6, 1942 – October 26, 2004) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Early life Born Robert Prince Haynes in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Kenyatta grew up in New York City and began playing the saxophone at age 14. He wa ...

released on the

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label in 1973.Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series
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Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek stated "''Gypsy Man'' stands out mightily as one of the great jazz-funk outings of the '70s; it is an all but forgotten jazz classic".

Track listing

''All compositions by Robin Kenyatta except as indicated'' # "Last Tango in Paris" (

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) – 4:50 # "Another Freight Train" – 3:36 # "Werewolf" (Robert W. McPherson) – 4:27 # "Reflective Silence" – 5:20 # "Seems So Long" (

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) – 3:53 # "Gypsy Man" – 5:23 # "Melodie Chinoise" – 5:46 # "I've Got Dreams to Remember" (

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, Zelma Redding) – 6:15

Personnel

– alto saxophone,

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, so ...

, flute * Pat Rebillot, George Butcher – piano, organ * Larry Willis –

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*Keith Loving, Skip Pitts, David Spinozza, Jimmy Wood – guitar * Stanley Clarke –

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, electric bass *

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, Charles Collins, Ray Lucas,

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– drums *Ralph MacDonald – percussion *Al Deville – trumpet (track 6) *George Patterson, Jack Philpot, Seldon Powell – saxophone (track 6) *Don Belamy (track 1), Lalome Washburn (track 5) – vocals

References

{{Authority control 1973 albums Atlantic Records albums Robin Kenyatta albums Albums produced by Michael Cuscuna