Calling All Mothers

Calling All Mothers is an album by American jazz group the NRG Ensemble, their first after the death of bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Hal Russell, which was recorded in 1993 and released on the Quinnah label.

The AllMusic review by William York states that "the album has a nice element of diversity, yet it still coheres well...

They play virtually every piece like it's an encore, but, fortunately, the material is strong enough to sustain such intensity".

[1] The DownBeat review by Bill Shoemaker states: "Though the set includes three Russell pieces utilizing everything from nimble swing pastiches to full-bore sax blasts, the compositional strengths of Williams, Hunt and newcomer multi-reedist Ken Vandermark preclude the possibility of NRG ever becoming a ghost band.

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