For the People (Jerome Cooper album)

For the People
Live album by
Jerome Cooper
Released1980
RecordedMay 12, 1979
VenueThe Kitchen, New York City
GenreJazz
Length40:30
LabelHat Hut Records
1R07
ProducerPia Uehlinger and Werner X. Uehlinger
Jerome Cooper chronology
The Unpredictability of Predictability
(1979) 		For the People
(1980) 		Root Assumptions
(1982)

For the People is a live album by Jerome Cooper. It was recorded in May 1979 at The Kitchen in New York City, and was released on LP by Hat Hut Records in 1980. On the album, Cooper, who plays a variety of instruments, including drums, chirimia, African balaphone, and whistle, is joined by Oliver Lake, who performs on alto saxophone, flute, bells, and vocals.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3] A writer for Modern Drummer called the music "compelling duets that never fail to swing."[6] Mats Gustafsson and Björn Thorstensson wrote: "Killer duo album with Cooper and the always-as-amazing Oliver Lake... True interaction with a great sound... Very recommendable music."[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Jerome Cooper.

Side A

  1. "Movement" – 13:50
  2. "Movement" – 5:40

Side B

  1. "Movement" – 5:35
  2. "Movement" – 4:45
  3. "Movement" – 5:00
  4. "Movement" – 5:40
  • Recorded on May 12, 1979, at The Kitchen in New York City.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Jerome Cooper: For the People: Release". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "HatHut "R01" series discography". JazzLists.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Jerome Cooper: For the People". AllMusic. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House. p. 49.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Virgin Books. p. 538.
  6. ^ "On Track" (PDF). Modern Drummer. May 2016. p. 89. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  7. ^ Gustafsson, Mats; Thorstensson, Björn (March 2021). "Old School: No Joke!" (PDF). MatsGus.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2022.