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The Oracle (Cindy Blackman album)

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The Oracle
Studio album by
Released1996
RecordedJanuary 23, 1995
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length54:05
LabelMuse
MCD 5542
ProducerCindy Blackman, Don Sickler
Cindy Blackman chronology
Telepathy
(1992)
The Oracle
(1996)
In the Now
(1997)

The Oracle is an album led by drummer Cindy Blackman which was recorded in 1995 and released on the Muse label.[1][2][3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide[5]

Jason Ankeny of Allmusic stated simply, "Blackman took time off from touring with rocker Lenny Kravitz to cut her fourth record, on which she leads a band including bassist Ron Carter, pianist Kenny Barron and Gary Bartz on alto sax".[4]

Ted Panken, writing for The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide, called the band "an all-star unit... at the peak of their powers," and commented: "The ensemble sound bears Blackman's indelible stamp; she's refined her conception to assert idiomatic individuality in a multiplicity of contexts."[5]

Track listing

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All compositions by Cindy Blackman except where noted

  1. "The Oracle" – 9:31
  2. "Crazy He Calls Me" (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) – 7:35
  3. "A.J." – 5:28
  4. "Beatrice" (Sam Rivers) – 6:32
  5. "Who Needs Forever? (Quincy Jones) – 5:28
  6. "Traffic" – 6:45
  7. "Why" – 5:21
  8. "Our Blues" – 7:25

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Cindy Blackman catalog accessed October 10, 2017
  2. ^ Muse LP series discography: 5500 to 5549 accessed October 10, 2017
  3. ^ Muse Records listing, accessed October 10, 2017
  4. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Cindy Blackman: The Oracle – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Swenson, John, ed. (1999). The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide. Random House. p. 66.