''Serious Hang'' is a live album by trumpeter Jack Walrath which was recorded in 1992 and released on the Muse label in 1994.Enciclopedia del Jazz: Jack Walrath
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Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn stated "Jack Walrath and his Masters of Suspense turn to an idiom that was once among jazz's more popular, but in recent years has been almost ignored -- funk/soul-jazz. ... Walrath's trumpet and flugelhorn horn solos are always intense and occasionally exciting ... the Masters of Suspense do a good job of displaying their soul-jazz chops".

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Walrath except where noted # "Anya and Liz on the Veranda" – 6:36 # " Get on the Good Foot" (

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) – 8:06 # " Izlyal e Delyo Haidoutin (Haidouk Delyo Has Joined the Rebels)" (Traditional) – 7:29 # "Monk's Feet" – 6:50 # "Decisions" (Don Pullen) – 3:04 # " Gloomy Sunday" (Rezsö Seress, Sam M. Lewis) – 6:31 # "Weird and Wonderful" – 8:08

Personnel

* Jack Walrath – trumpet,

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* Don Pullen – piano * David Fiuczynski – guitar * Michael Formanek –

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References

{{Authority control Muse Records albums Jack Walrath albums 1994 albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio