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Uoniverse

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Uoniverse
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 3, 2004[1]
First release: 2002[2]
RecordedMarch 27, 2002
GenreJazz
Length1:04:31
LabelSatchmo Jazz
ProducerUgonna Okegwo
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Jazzreview.com[3]

Uoniverse is an album by jazz bassist Ugonna Okegwo released in 2002. The album is Okegwo's first release as a leader.[4] The album consists of five original compositions by Okegwo and five new arrangements of jazz classics, including Thelonious Monk's "Let's Call This". Jazzreview.com gave the album a rating of 4 stars and called Okegwo one of the leading bassists of his generation.[3] All About Jazz highly recommended the album, calling it "truly diverse" and the band's rhythm "impeccable".[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introducing the Uoniverse"Ugonna Okegwo9:28
2."Never Let Me Go"Ray Evans, Jay Livingston7:25
3."Three Views of a Secret"Jaco Pastorius9:55
4."Back to Zero"Ugonna Okegwo2:25
5."Elasticity"Ugonna Okegwo7:57
6."Let's Call This"Thelonious Monk5:41
7."Suspended Memory"Ugonna Okegwo5:13
8."Cherokee"Ray Noble4:25
9."The Whirl"Ugonna Okegwo8:17
10."Infant Eyes"Wayne Shorter3:45

Personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Allmusic: Ugonna Okegwo - Uoniverse". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians – Okegwo, Ugonna". jazz.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "UOniverse by Ugonna Okegwo". Jazzreview.com. May 16, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Ugonna Okegwo: UOniverse (2003)". All About Jazz. October 15, 2003. Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  5. ^ "Allmusic: Ugonna Okegwo - Uoniverse - credits". Allmusic.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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