Little Motor People

Little Motor People
Studio album by
Hank Roberts
Released1993
RecordedDecember 1992
Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg
GenreJazz
Length61:08
LabelJMT
JMT 514 005
ProducerStefan F. Winter
Hank Roberts chronology
For Three Strings and Orchestra
(1992) 		Little Motor People
(1993) 		22 Years from Now
(1997)

Little Motor People is the third album led by cellist Hank Roberts which was recorded in late 1992 and released on the JMT label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
LA Times[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars.[3] The LA Times' Bill Kohlhaase noted "the highlight here is Roberts' five-part suite "Saturday/Sunday" with its acoustic sensibilities and smart interplay between Roberts, pianist Django Bates and percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan. Moving easily between jazz rhythms, tribal beats and classically influenced passages, the piece marks Roberts as a composer willing to overlook the usual boundaries between jazz and progressive music".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Hank Roberts except as indicated

  1. " Saturday/Sunday" - 18:58
  2. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen Yip Harburg) - 4:30
  3. "Only Minutes Left" - 4:47
  4. "My Favourite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 3:19
  5. "Little Motor People" - 10:07
  6. "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker) - 3:04
  7. "Black as a Sunny Day" (Django Bates, Hank Roberts) - 2:33
  8. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 5:29
  9. "30's Picnic" - 8:40

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Hank Roberts discography Archived 2014-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 14, 2014
  2. ^ Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed November 14, 2014
  3. ^ a b Allmusic listing accessed November 14, 2014
  4. ^ a b Kohnlhaase, B., LA Times Review, December 1, 1993