Mother Ship

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Mother Ship
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedFebruary 7, 1969
GenreJazz
Length41:17
LabelBlue Note
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Larry Young chronology
Heaven on Earth
(1968)
Mother Ship
(1980)
Lawrence of Newark
(1973)

Mother Ship is an album by American organist Larry Young, recorded in 1969 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.[1]

Reception[edit]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This highly original set does not deserve to be so obscure."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Larry Young
  1. "Mother Ship" - 7:38
  2. "Street Scene" - 6:56
  3. "Visions" - 6:44
  4. "Trip Merchant" - 12:53
  5. "Love Drops" - 7:06
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 7, 1969

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 23, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed November 23, 2010
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 211. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1535. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.