Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition

The Charlie Rouse Band’s Cinnamon Flower: The Expanded Edition is a reissue of legendary saxophonist Charlie Rouse’s Brazilian-inspired 1977 album, originally released on Douglas Records.

Nearly 50 years later, Resonance are proud to present this deluxe, definitive edition of Cinnamon Flower, which contains nearly 30 minutes of previously unissued versions of songs from the original release captured by Resonance founder and engineer George Klabin at Sound Ideas studio in New York City, plus the track ‘Meeting House’ that has never been issued before on any release.

The deluxe CD / gatefold 180gram 2LP set was transferred from the original tapes and mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab, with new liner notes by author James Gavin and an interview with Charlie Rouse’s son, Charlie ‘Chico’ Rouse, Jr.

The stellar band features jazz greats such as Dom Salvador, Ron Carter, Bernard Purdie and Claudio Roditi.