Elaborations

Elaborations is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe, released in 1982.^[1][2]

Elaborations
Studio album by Arthur Blythe
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jim Fishel, Arthur Blythe
Arthur Blythe chronology
Blythe Spirit (1981) Elaborations (1982) Light Blue: Arthur Blythe Plays Thelonious Monk (1983)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This post bop music (which falls between advanced hard bop and the avant-garde) is well worth several listens".^[3] In The Boston Phoenix, Bob Blumenthal focused on cellist Abdul Wadud's playing ("his bowing is clear and mobile as a violinist's, his lines are sweeping and rhapsodic"), but also noted that "there are other rewards as well on Elaborations: Stewart's barrel-chested blowing, Bell's growing assertiveness, Blythe’s invigorating swing".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Arthur Blythe except as indicated

1. "Elaborations" - 7:23
2. "Metamorphosis" - 6:18
3. "Sister Daisy" - 7:17
4. "One Mint Julep" (Rudolph Toombs) - 4:54
5. "Shadows" - 4:25
6. "Lower Nile" - 10:37

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York

Personnel

• Arthur Blythe - alto saxophone
• Abdul Wadud - cello
• Kelvyn Bell - guitar
• Bob Stewart - tuba
• Bobby Battle - drums
• Wilbur Morris - bass (track 3)
• Muhammad Abdullah - congas (track 6)