Mental Images (album)

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Mental Images
File:Mental Images (album).jpg
Studio album by Robin Eubanks
Released 1994
Recorded April 1994
Power Station Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length 43:56
Label JMT
JMT 514 017
Producer Stefan F. Winter & Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks chronology
Karma
(1990)Karma1990
Mental Images
(1992)
Wake Up Call
(1997)Wake Up Call1997

Mental Images is an album by trombonist Robin Eubanks which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[3]

AllMusic gave the album 3 stars..[3] The Rough Guide to Jazz called it a "gutsy album, which embraces M-Base and other styles".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Robin Eubanks

  1. "Matatape" - 8:29
  2. "Mental Images" - 8:54
  3. "Union 2 - Brotherly Love" - 3:50
  4. "Collage" - 7:07
  5. "Skin 'n' Bones" - 9:14
  6. "For What Might Have Been" - 4:07
  7. "X-Base" - 7:31
  8. "Egoli (Formerly Johannesburg)" - 6:08
  9. "CP-Time" - 3:04

Personnel

  • Robin Eubanks - electric and acoustic trombone, vocals, cowbell, sampler
  • Randy Brecker - trumpet (tracks 2 & 7)
  • Antonio Hart - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7)
  • Kevin Eubanks - acoustic guitar, cowbell, synthbass, (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
  • Michael Cain - piano, synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 4)
  • Kenny Davis - electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
  • Dave Holland - acoustic bass (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
  • Gene Jackson (tracks 1, 2, 4), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (tracks 5 & 7) - drums
  • Kimati Dinizulu - African percussion, berimbau (tracks 1, 4 & 8)
  • Adrian von Ripka, Carlos Albrecht, Stefan Winter - vocals (track 1)

References

  1. Robin Eubanks discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
  3. 3.0 3.1 Allmusic listing accessed December 8, 2014
  4. Carr, I., Fairweather, D., Priestley, B., The Rough Guide to Jazz, Rough Guides, 2004, p. 248