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Leave Your Mind Behind

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Leave Your Mind Behind
Studio album by
Joe Roccisano Orchestra
Released1995
RecordedNovember–December, 1994
StudioSony Studios, New York, NY
GenreJazz
Length67:38
LabelLandmark
LCD 1533
ProducerAlan Foust, Joe Roccisano
Joe Roccisano chronology
The Shape I'm In
(1993)
Leave Your Mind Behind
(1995)
Nonet
(1994)

Leave Your Mind Behind is an album by the Joe Roccisano Orchestra which was released on Orrin Keepnews' Landmark label in 1995.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[3]

The AllMusic review by Alex Henderson stated "Joe Roccisano was never a huge name in the jazz world, nor was he ever an innovator. He was, however, a hard-swinging saxman who had no problem leading a big band. One of Roccisano's big-band recordings came in 1994 when he did all of the arranging and conducting on Leave Your Mind Behind. There aren't a lot of surprises on this hard bop CD, and the charts are pretty conventional. Still, it's enjoyable and honest. ... the album plays it safe and does so with decent, if unremarkable, results".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Joe Roccisano except where noted

  1. "The Fax of Life" – 6:24
  2. "Quill" (Phil Woods) – 6:56
  3. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 7:11
  4. "The Goodbye Look" (Donald Fagen) – 5:05
  5. "It Seem Like Yesterday" – 6:10
  6. "Throw Back the Little Ones" (Walter Becker, Fagen) – 6:29
  7. "Changes" – 6:06
  8. "Avarice" – 4:29
  9. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) – 4:11
  10. "Leave Your Mind Behind" – 6:41
  11. "Medley: Adiós Nonino/La Muerta del Angel" (Astor Piazzolla) – 7:56

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Fitzgerald, M., Landmark Records listing accessed February 5, 2019
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Landmark 1500 series discography, accessed February 5, 2019
  3. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. Joe Roccisano Orchestra: Leave Your Mind Behind – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2019.