Rodney Whitaker - Oasis, The Music of Gregg Hill

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DETROIT Native Rodney Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass, and Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University, is a luminary in the jazz universe. He has performed extensively with jazz greats Donald Harrison, Terrance Blanchard, Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis. Rodney, Terell, Bruce, Tim and Dana have traded spots as leaders of this configuration on numerous albums over the last decade. Oasis is the third album co-produced by Rodney Whitaker and composer Gregg Hill.

The first album, Common Ground was released in 2019 (Origin Records) featuring the same talented artists as Oasis. The second album, Outrospection (Origin Records 2021) featured Xavier Davis, Dana Hall, Randy Gelispie, Rockelle Whitaker, Etienne Charles, Michael Dease, Diego Rivera, Marcus Eliot and Randy Napoleon.
Michigan based composer Gregg Hill has published 145 original jazz compositions across 4 volumes: Outrospectives, Spontaneity, Moonducks and The Tuning Fork. Ten albums have been released featuring the compositions. To see each visit: GreggHillJazz.com.
Personnel:
TERELL STAFFORD trumpet and flugelhorn
TIM WARFIELD tenor and soprano saxophones
BRUCE BARTH piano
RODNEY WHITAKER bass
DANA HALL drums
ROCKELLE FORTIN vocals (1, 4, 10, 11)
Tracks & Times:
1. Betty's Tune 4:56
2. Puppets 7:34
3. Minorabilia 6:28
4. Interlude 6:07
5. Sunday Afternoon 7:24
6. The Jazzdiddy Waltz 4:46
7. S'Cool Days 8:25
8. Blues for Gregg 6:40
9. Fan-O-Gram 7:44
10. To the Well 7:18
11. Oasis 5:16

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