All the Magic!

1983 studio album by Lester Bowie

All the Magic!

Studio album by

Lester Bowie

Released

1983

Recorded

June 1982

Genre

Jazz

Length

81:07

Label

ECM
ECM 1246/47

Producer

Manfred Eicher

Lester Bowie chronology

The Great Pretender
(1981)

All the Magic!
(1983)

I Only Have Eyes for You
(1983)

All the Magic! / The One and Only is a double album by American jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie, recorded in June 1982 and released on ECM the following year—his second for the label. All the Magic! features a septet, with saxophonist Ari Brown, rhythm section Art Matthews, Fred Williams and Phillip Wilson, and singers Fontella Bass and David Peaston. The One and Only features solo trumpet improvisations from Bowie.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "All in all, this two-fer shows off both Lester Bowie's playing abilities and his sense of humor."^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Lester Bowie, except as noted.

All the Magic!

"For Louie" (Wilson) - 12:14
"Spacehead" - 6:47
"Ghosts" (Ayler) - 3:09
"Trans Traditional Suite" - 15:51
"Let the Good Times Roll" (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee) - 6:47

The One and Only

"Organic Echo Part I" - 3:17
"Dunce Dance" - 2:05
"Charlie M. Part II" - 2:49
"Thirsty?" - 3:34
"Almost Christmas" - 3:52
"Down Home" - 2:40
"Okra Influence" - 4:38
"Miles Davis Meets Donald Duck" - 1:49
"Deb Deb's Face" - 2:03
"Monkey Waltz" - 1:47
"Fradulent Fanfare" - 1:01
"Organic Echo Part II" - 5:27

Personnel

All the Magic!

Lester Bowie – trumpet
Ari Brown – tenor and soprano saxophones
Art Matthews – piano
Fred Williams – bass
Phillip Wilson – drums
Fontella Bass – vocals
David Peaston – vocals

The One and Only

Lester Bowie – trumpet and other sounds

Technical personnel

Manfred Eicher – producer
Martin Wieland – engineer
Barbara Wojirsch – design
Collis Davis – back cover photo
Deborah Bowie – booklet photography (Lester Bowie)
Peter Kemper – liner notes (German)
Paul Foster – liner notes (English translation)

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed June 28, 2011
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 28. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.