Music Evolution

Music Evolution
Studio album by
Buckshot LeFonque (Branford Marsalis)
ReleasedApril 1997
Genres
Length64:14
LabelSony Music
ProducerBranford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis chronology
The Dark Keys
(1996) 		Music Evolution
(1997) 		Requiem
(1999)

Music Evolution is the second album of Branford Marsalis's jazz/hip-hop/rock group Buckshot LeFonque. Featuring guest appearances from David Sanborn, Guru and Laurence Fishburne, the album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[1] The track "Another Day" reached number 65 in the UK singles chart in December 1997. The album is notable in Branford's discography for marking his first collaboration with pianist Joey Calderazzo and bassist Eric Revis, both of whom would go on to record in his quartet in the 2000s and 2010s.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[1]

In his AllMusic review, Leo Stanley calls the album a "stronger, more confident record" than the first Buckshot LeFonque album but criticizes it as uneven, noting that it "(finds) a vibrant, exciting common ground between hard bop and hip-hop" despite the "occasional lapse into aimless fusion."[1] Writing in JazzTimes, Josef Woodard said the album "suggests a free-form radio show with an accent on African-American culture lineage."[3] People magazine praised the album as "a sonic explosion that, even when it falters, is infused with the joy of playing."[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Branford Marsalis, except where indicated.

No.TitleLength
1."Here We Go Again"2:26
2."Music Evolution" (Branford Marsalis, Ricky Dacosta)4:59
3."Wasineveritis"0:15
4."James Brown Part I & II"4:56
5."Another Day" (Branford Marsalis, Bill Gable, Frank McComb)3:34
6."Try These On" (Branford Marsalis, Rocky Bryant, Ricky Dacosta)5:44
7."A Buckshot Rebuttal"0:23
8."My Way (Doin' It)" (Branford Marsalis, L. Carl Burnett, Laurence Fishburne)4:08
9."Better Than I Am" (Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Frank McComb)5:02
10."Paris Is Burning"0:26
11."Jungle Grove"4:45
12."Weary with Toil" (Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis)5:00
13."Black Monday" (Branford Marsalis, Ricky Dacosta, Keith Elam)5:45
14."Phoenix" (Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis)6:06
15."Samba Hop" (Branford Marsalis, Ricky Dacosta)3:53
16."...And We Out"1:46
17."One Block Past It" (Branford Marsalis, Frank McComb)4:56

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c Stanley, Leo. "Buckshot LeFonque". AllMusic. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  2. ^ Weideman, Paul (October 12, 2012). "Four MFs Playin' Tunes". Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Music Evolution". JazzTimes. September 1997. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "Picks and Pans: Music Evolution". People Magazine. June 2, 1997. Retrieved November 12, 2014.

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