Tuskegee Experiments (album)

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1992 studio album by Don Byron

Tuskegee Experiments

Studio album by

Don Byron

Released| 1992
Recorded| 1990–1991
Genre| Jazz
Length| 61:19
Label| Elektra/Nonesuch
Producer| Arthur Moorhead[1]
Don Byron chronology
|  | Tuskegee Experiments
(1992)  | Don Byron Plays the Music of Mickey Katz
(1993)

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Tuskegee Experiments is an album by the American jazz clarinettist Don Byron, released in 1992.[2][3] Its title refers to the Tuskegee syphilis experiment — the notorious medical experiment conducted around Tuskegee, Alabama, lasting from 1932 to 1972, in which 400 subjects, mainly poor, black sharecroppers, were used in an investigation of the effects of syphilis without their knowledge or consent.

## Critical reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]

Rolling Stone wrote that "Byron displays all his prowess as both an instrumentalist and a gleeful provocateur ever willing to shake things up."[5] The Morning Call stated that "Byron and his quartet play with abandon and without any undue reverence to the past."[6]

## Track listing

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1. "Waltz for Ellen" (Byron) –3:05
2. "Tuskegee Strutter's Ball" (Byron) –8:08
3. "In Memoriam: Uncle Dan" (Byron) –5:20
4. "Next Love" (Byron) –9:50
5. "Tears" (Byron) –8:12
6. "Main Stem" (Ellington) –7:26
7. "Diego Rivera" (Byron) –9:23
8. "Tuskegee Experiment" (Byron) –6:27
9. "Auf einer Burg" (Schumann) –3:28

(recorded November 1990 and July 1991.)

## Personnel

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* Don Byron — clarinet, bass clarinet
* Greta Buck — violin
* Bill Frisell — guitar
* Joe Berkovitz — piano
* Edsel Gomez — piano
* Richie Schwarz — marimba
* Kenny Davis — bass
* Lonnie Plaxico — bass
* Reggie Workman — bass
* Pheeroan akLaff — drums
* Ralph Peterson — drums

## References

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1. ^ "Tuskegee Experiments by Don Byron". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 10\. March 7, 1992. p. 46.
2. ^ Wolkoff, Garth (October 15, 1993). "Clarinetist pays tribute to the great Mickey Katz". Northern California Jewish Bulletin. No. 38\. p. 37.
3. ^ Morris, Bob (June 20, 1993). "Peace, Love and Chompers". The New York Times. p. A8.
4. ^ "Tuskegee Experiments Review by Scott Yanow". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
5. ^ Futterman, Steve (May 28, 1992). "Jazz Notes". Rolling Stone. No. 631\. p. 61.
6. ^ Blangger, Tim (January 1, 1994). "Jazz '93". The Morning Call. p. A46.

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