Keep Searchin' (album)

Keep Searchin' is an album by trombonist Steve Turre recorded in 2006 and released on the HighNote label.^[1][2]

Keep Searchin'
Studio album by Steve Turre
Released	September 26, 2006
Recorded	April 19, 2006
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	63:25
Label	HighNote HCD 7159
Producer	Brian Bacchus
Steve Turre chronology
The Spirits Up Above (2004) Keep Searchin' (2006) Rainbow People (2008)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

On All About Jazz, Dan McCleneghan observed "On Keep Searchin' Turre pays tribute to his own musical/life philosophy on a set of forward-looking original (mostly) compositions, performed with a group of stellar musicians ... Turre mixes up the sound with different mutes throughout, and adds, again, the hollow, peacefully haunting timbre of the conch shell on the closing title track. An excellent set by an ever-searching artist".^[3]

In JazzTimes, David Whiteis stated "Turre and his bandmates take us on a journey that’s spiritually uplifting, to be sure, but also hard-swinging and, for the most part, ebulliently down-to-earth and joyful".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Turre except where noted

1. "Sanyas" – 9:13
2. "Faded Beauty" – 6:25
3. "Thandiwa" (Grachan Moncur III) – 5:43
4. "Reconcillation" – 6:50
5. "Time Off" – 4:02
6. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:40
7. "Easy Now" – 7:45
8. "Steppin' Out" – 4:53
9. "Da Blues" – 5:44
10. "Keep Searchin'" – 7:11

Personnel

• Steve Turre – trombone, shells
• Stefon Harris - vibraphone
• Akua Dixon – baritone violin (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
• Xavier Davis – piano
• Gerald Cannon (tracks 5-9), Peter Washington (tracks 1-4 & 10) - bass
• Dion Parson – drums

References

1. Jazz Depot: HighNote discography accessed January 23, 2019
2. Steve Trurre: album details website accessed January 23, 2019
3. McCleneghan, D. All About Jazz Review accessed January 23, 2019
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1424. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Whiteis, D. JazzTimes Review accessed January 23, 2019