{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Excursion | type = Studio | artist = Ray Drummond | cover = Excusion (album).jpg | alt = | released = 1993 | recorded = June 22–23, 1992 | studio = Sound on Sound, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = 64:17 | label = Arabesque<br />{{small|AJ-0106}} | producer = Ray Drummond | chronology = Ray Drummond | prev_title = One to One 2 | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = Continuum | next_year = 1994 }}
'''''Excursion''''' is an album by bassist Ray Drummond which was recorded in 1992 and released on the Arabesque label the following year.<ref>[https://www.jazzdisco.org/ray-drummond/catalog/#arabesque-jazz-aj0106 Jazzdisco: Ray Drummond catalog] accessed May 11, 2018</ref><ref>[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/kenny-drew-discography/ Enciclopedi del Jazz: Ray Drummond discography] accessed May 11, 2018</ref><ref>[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Arabesque.htm Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography] accessed May 14, 2018</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=407}}</ref> }} The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow called it an "excellent set" and said "This is one of Ray Drummond's finest recordings to date".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000095576 |title= Ray Drummond: ''Excursion'' – Review |accessdate=May 11, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Ray Drummond except where noted # "Susanita" – 8:51 # "Penta-Major" – 4:17 # "Prelude" – 1:41 # "Quads" – 9:01 # "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) – 8:35 # "Well, You Needn't"" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:19 # "Andei" (Hermeto Pascoal) – 5:21 # "Blues African" – 8:06 # "Excursion (Suite in 5 Parts): Prologue/Waterfall/Mother Africa/Danse de Joie/Epilogue" – 12:06
==Personnel== *Ray Drummond – double bass *Craig Handy, Joe Lovano – saxophone, flute *Danilo Perez – piano *Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Mor Thiam – drums, percussion
==References== {{reflist}} {{Ray Drummond}} {{Joe Lovano}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Arabesque Records albums Category:Ray Drummond albums Category:1993 albums