''Transformations'' is an album by saxophonist
Bunky Green recorded in New York and released by the
Vanguard
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label in 1977.
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Clark Terry discography
accessed August 5, 2019
Reception
AllMusic
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reviewer
Scott Yanow
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Life and career
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Beginning in 1974, Yanow was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles and was the jazz e ...
stated: "The first of three recordings that altoist Bunky Green made for Vanguard in the mid- to late 1970s is a fine all-around effort with Green performing three originals and uplifting three pop songs ... Green sounds fine on this set, displaying a distinctive tone and an inquisitive musical spirit.".
Track listing
''All compositions by Bunky Green, except where indicated.''
# "
I Won't Last a Day Without You" (
Roger Nichols,
Paul Williams) – 6:24
# "
Europa" (
Carlos Santana
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,
Tom Coster
Tom Coster (born August 21, 1941) is an American keyboardist, composer, and longtime backing musician for Carlos Santana.
Early years
Detroit-born and San Francisco-raised, Coster played piano and accordion as a youth, continuing his studies t ...
) – 7:55
# "
Feelings
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" (
Loulou Gasté,
Morris Albert) – 7:33
# "Lady from Ancona" – 3:31
# "Chillon" – 8:19
# "Funk Ain't a Word" – 9:40
Personnel
*
Bunky Green - alto saxophone
*
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948� ...
– trumpet (track 3)
*
Billy Butler, Carl Lynch – guitar
*
Al Dailey – piano
*
Wilbur Bascomb
Wilbur D. Bascomb Jr. is an American bass guitarist. He is the son of jazz trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, who played with Erskine Hawkins and Duke Ellington.
Career
In the 1970s, Bascomb worked with James Brown (1974), then recorded on the al ...
– bass
*Jimmy Johnson – drums
*Al Chalk – percussion
References
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1977 albums
Vanguard Records albums
Bunky Green albums