Takin' Care of Business
by Charlie Rouse
- Type: Album
- Released: 1960
- Label: Jazzland
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:49
- Community rating: 3.95/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Emerging from his highly visible gig as Thelonious Monk's principal tenor saxophonist, the leader helms a swinging, sharply focused quintet session of his own. The date proves his capability as a fluid, imaginative soloist unconstrained by Monk's architectural demands, bolstered by tight interplay and exceptionally lively rhythm work.
Genres
Descriptors: saxophone, soulful, bluesy, rhythmic, groove-laden
Tracklist
- Blue Farouq (7:25)
- 204 (7:26)
- Upptankt (4:47)
- Weirdo (6:02)
- Pretty Strange (5:16)
- They Didn't Believe Me (6:50)
Credits
- Charlie Rouse Quintet - primary artist
- Earl May - bass
- Art Taylor - drums
- Gerald Andrea - painting
- Walter Bishop, Jr. - piano
- Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone, written-by
- Blue Mitchell - trumpet, written-by
- Randy Weston - written-by