Broken Windows, Empty Hallways
1972 studio album by Houston Person
| Broken Windows, Empty Hallways | ||||
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| Studio album by Houston Person | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | May 1, 1972 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:12 | |||
| Label | Prestige PR 10044 | |||
| Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
| Houston Person chronology | ||||
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Broken Windows, Empty Hallways is the tenth album led by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label.[1][2][3]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of Allmusic stated, "Broken Windows, Empty Hallways is finally an album for people who like jazzy sounding instrumentals, but don't really like jazz".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Houston Person except where noted.
- "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman) – 5:53
- "Don't Mess with Bill" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:00
- "Everything's Alright" (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber) – 4:18
- "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 3:52
- "Moan Er-uh Lisa" – 6:11
- "Imagine" (John Lennon) – 3:52
- "Let's Call This" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:03
- "Bleeker Street" – 4:03
Personnel
- Houston Person – tenor saxophone
- Victor Paz, Joe Wilder – trumpet
- Jim Buffington – French horn
- Hubert Laws – flute
- Ronnie Jannelli – flute, clarinet, baritone saxophone
- Buzz Brauner – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, English horn, oboe, piccolo flute, flute, clarinet
- Cedar Walton – piano
- Joe Beck – guitar
- Ernie Hayes (tracks 1-7), Jimmy Watson (track 8) – organ
- Grady Tate – drums
- Buddy Caldwell – congas [1,3]
- Bunny Briggs – tap dance (track 4)
- Billy Ver Planck – arranger, conductor
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed April 15, 2013
- ^ Payne, D, A Houston Person discography, June 7, 2009.
- ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Person, Houston, accessed February 16, 2018
- ^ a b Lankford, R. D. Allmusic listing accessed April 15, 2013
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1149. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
or co-leader
- Underground Soul! (1966)
- Chocomotive (1967)
- Trust in Me (1967)
- Blue Odyssey (1968)
- Soul Dance! (1968)
- Goodness! (1969)
- Person to Person! (1970)
- Truth! (1970)
- Houston Express (1971)
- Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972)
- Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972)
- The Real Thing (1973)
- The Big Horn (1976)
- Stolen Sweets (1976)
- Wild Flower (1977)
- The Nearness of You (1977)
- Suspicions (1980)
- Very Personal (1980)
- Heavy Juice (1982)
- Always on My Mind (1985)
- The Talk of the Town (1987)
- Basics (1987)
- The Party (1989)
- Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989)
- Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990)
- Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990)
- Why Not! (1990)
- The Lion and His Pride (1991)
- Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994)
- Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994)
- Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996)
- Person-ified (1996)
- The Opening Round (1997)
- My Romance (1998)
- Soft Lights (1999)
- Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000)
- The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 [2011])
- In a Sentimental Mood (2000)
- Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000)
- Blue Velvet (2001)
- Sentimental Journey (2002)
- Social Call (2003)
- To Etta with Love (2004)
- You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004)
- All Soul (2005)
- Just Between Friends (2005)
- Thinking of You (2007)
- Mellow (2009
- Moment to Moment (2010)
- Nice 'n' Easy (2011)
- So Nice (2011)
- Naturally (2012)
- The Melody Lingers On (2014)
- Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015)
- Something Personal (2015)
- Rain or Shine (2017)
- Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)
