| Expansion | ||||
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| Live album by Dave Burrell | ||||
| Released | June 8, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | December, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Label | High Two Records | |||
| Producer | Dave Burrell | |||
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Expansion is a live album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell. It was recorded during a number of concerts in December 2003 and was released on June 8, 2004 by High Two.
The group that Burrell toured with was referred to as the Full-Blown Trio and included Burrell, Andrew Cyrille (drums) and William Parker (bass).
All tracks by Dave Burrell except were noted
Allmusic calls the album "a lovely record ... by a trio versed in understatement and nuance." Reviewer Thom Jurek in particular comments on Burrell's playing by saying that his "fills between the lyric lines are humorous, warm, and dazzling."The Penguin Guide to Jazz also mention that the three men "gel perfectly" and they provide him with the most flattering context for years."