Expansion (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Expansion
Type = live
Artist = Dave Burrell


Released = June 8, 2004
Recorded = December, 2003
Genre = Avant-garde jazz
Length =
Label = High Two Records
Producer = Dave Burrell
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:7z520r2al48c link]
*PGJ rating|3|4
Last album = "Recital"
(2001)
This album = "Expansion"
(2004)
Next album = "Margy Pargy"
(2005)

"Expansion" is a live album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. It was recorded during a number of concerts in December 2003 and was released on June 8, 2004 by High Two.

The group that Burrell toured with was referred to as the Full-Blown Trio and included Burrell, Andrew Cyrille (drums) and William Parker (bass).

Track listing

#"Expansion" (Burrell) — 4:10
#"Double Heartbeat" (Burrell) — 8:14
#"Cryin' Out Loud" (Burrell) — 7:43
#"They Say It's Wonderful" (Berlin) — 6:52
#"About Face" (Burrell) — 5:40
#"In the Balance" (Burrell) — 4:38
#"Coup d'Etat" (Burrell) — 3:14

Personnel

Band:
*Dave Burrell — piano
*William Parker — bass, kora
*Andrew Cyrille — drumsProduction:Shawn Brackbill — session photographerFlam — masteringJohn Rosenberg — engineer

Reception

Allmusic calls the album "a lovely record ... by a trio versed in understatement and nuance." Reviewer Thom Jurek in particular comments on Burrell's playing by saying that his "fills between the lyric lines are humorous, warm, and dazzling."cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:7z520r2al48c |title=Expansion|author=Thom Jurek|accessdate=2007-02-02] "The Penguin Guide to Jazz" also mention that the three men "gel perfectly" and they provide him with the most flattering context for years.""The Penguin Guide to Jazz" by Richard Cook, Brian Morton, et al. pg 190.]

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