Fire in the Valley

1997 live album by Jemeel Moondoc

Fire in the Valley

Live album by

Jemeel Moondoc

Released| 1997
Recorded| July 27, 1996
Venue| UMASS, Amherst, Massachusetts
Genre| Jazz
Length| 41:19
Label| Eremite
Producer| Michael Ehlers
Jemeel Moondoc chronology
| Tri-P-Let
(1996)  | Fire in the Valley
(1997)  | New World Pygmies
(1999)

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Fire in the Valley is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, which was recorded live at the Fire in the Valley Festival in 1996 and released on the Eremite label. He leads a trio with bassist John Voigt and drummer Laurence Cook, the same lineup as the previous studio album Tri-P-Let.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [3]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes about Moondoc "Unlike many free jazzers who try to blow the guts out of the horn each and every time they improvise, he digs deep into the jazz tradition for his material... His tone is more reminiscent of Jackie McLean's while his playing style comes from the same place that Charles Tyler's does."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that the album "is a tough, often abrasive and, to be honest, slightly unrelieved set which doesn't benefit from a recording which makes no effort to buff up the blunter edges."[3]

The All About Jazz review by Derek Taylor states "Cook and Voigt bustle back and forth between volcanic eruptions and quieter dispersions, and Moondoc’s sound is similarly varied between raw, raucous honks and elongated, emotionally charged lines."[4]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Jemeel Moondoc

1. "Fire in the Valley" - 39:51
2. "Encore" - 1:28

## Personnel

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* Jemeel Moondoc \- alto sax
* Laurence Cook - percussion
* John Voigt - bass

## References

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1. ^ Fire in the Valley at Eremite
2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Jemeel Moondoc – Fire in the Valley: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 1161. ISBN 0141014164.
4. ^ Taylor, Derek. Fire in the Valley review at All About Jazz

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Jemeel Moondoc

Studio albums|

* First Feeding (1977)
* We Don't (1981)
* Nostalgia in Times Square (1986)
* Tri-P-Let (1996)
* Two (2012)
* The Zookeeper's House (2014)

Live albums|

* The Evening of the Blue Men (1979)
* Judy's Bounce (1982)
* Konstanze's Delight (1983)
* Fire in the Valley (1997)
* New World Pygmies (1998)
* Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys (2001)
* Spirit House (2001)
* Live at Glenn Miller Café Vol 1 (2002)
* New World Pygmies vol. 2 (2002)
* Live in Paris (2003)
* Live at the Vision Festival (2003)

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* MusicBrainz release group

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