Mental Images (album)

1994 studio album by Robin Eubanks

Mental Images is an album by trombonist Robin Eubanks which was recorded in 1994 and released on the JMT label.^[1][2]

Reception

AllMusic gave the album 3 stars.^[3] The Rough Guide to Jazz called it a "gutsy album, which embraces M-Base and other styles".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Robin Eubanks

1. "Matatape" - 8:29
2. "Mental Images" - 8:54
3. "Union 2 - Brotherly Love" - 3:50
4. "Collage" - 7:07
5. "Skin 'n' Bones" - 9:14
6. "For What Might Have Been" - 4:07
7. "X-Base" - 7:31
8. "Egoli (Formerly Johannesburg)" - 6:08
9. "CP-Time" - 3:04

Personnel

• Robin Eubanks - electric and acoustic trombone, vocals, cowbell, sampler
• Randy Brecker - trumpet (tracks 2 & 7)
• Antonio Hart - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7)
• Kevin Eubanks - acoustic guitar, cowbell, synthbass, (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7)
• Michael Cain - piano, synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 4)
• Kenny Davis - electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
• Dave Holland - acoustic bass (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
• Gene Jackson (tracks 1, 2, 4), Marvin "Smitty" Smith (tracks 5 & 7) - drums
• Kimati Dinizulu - African percussion, berimbau (tracks 1, 4 & 8)
• Adrian von Ripka, Carlos Albrecht, Stefan Winter - vocals (track 1)

References

1. Robin Eubanks discography, accessed December 9, 2014
2. Shimada, T., JMT label discography, accessed December 9, 2014
3. Allmusic listing accessed December 8, 2014
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Carr, I., Fairweather, D., Priestley, B., The Rough Guide to Jazz, Rough Guides, 2004, p. 248