Reception
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide states "Apogee is an unadulterated burner, guaranteed to work for tenor freaks"[3]
The Allmusic review noted "Apogee is an anomaly in many ways. First, it is a Southern California answer to the great titan tenor battle records of the '40s and '50s. Rather than sounding like a cutting contest, it sounds like a gorgeous exercise in swinging harmony and melodic improvisation by two compadres. ... the pair engaged a kind of freewheeling, good-time set that remains one of the most harmonically sophisticated recordings to come out of the 1970s".[4] On All About Jazz Chris M. Slawecki observed "It is impossible to distinguish one man’s tenor from the other: sometimes they swing in unison, sometimes harmonizing, sometimes in duet or counterpunching, but they are always strong, meaty and powerful".[6] In Jazz Review, Mark Keresman called it "A sterling set of beautifully recorded, searing, straight-ahead, mainstream bop tenor madness".[5]
References
- ↑ Edwards, D., Eyries, P. & Callahan, M. Warner Brothers Album Discography, Part 8: BSK-3100 to BSK-3299 (1977–1979) accessed May 16, 2017
- ↑ Godwin, M. Discography of Warne Marion Marsh accessed May 16, 2017
- 1 2 Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 132. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Apogee – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- 1 2 Keresman, M. Jazz Review review accessed May 16, 2017
- ↑ Slawecki, C. M. All About Jazz review accessed May 16, 2017