title: Ebu (album)
text: # Ebu (album)
  
  Ebu is an album by American jazz saxophonist Hamiet Bluiett recorded in 1984 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
  
  In his review for AllMusic, Chris Kelsey states "Though Ebu has a taste of the arcane, it is mostly a collection of relatively straightahead Bluiett-penned blowing vehicles done with fire and invention. Bluiett has the biggest sound in town; his phrasing and articulation is a little heavy, as one would expect, but he plays with a strength and conviction that's rarely equalled by other baritonists... This music has a manifest unruliness, a spirit of adventure; it leaps outrageously into the unknown and usually lands square on its feet."
  
  ## Track listing
  
      All compositions by Hamiet Bluiett except as indicated
  * "Ebu" – 8:30
  * "New Bones" – 9:05
  * "Nu Tune" – 3:30
  * "Gumbo (Vegetarian Style)" – 8:02
  * "Things Will Never Be the Same" – 7:40
  * "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) – 7:17
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Hamiet Bluiett – baritone saxophone, alto clarinet
  * John Hicks – piano
  * Fred Hopkins – bass
  * Marvin "Smitty" Smith – drums
  