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."[3]
Track listing
"Punch and Judy (For Fred Anderson)" (Ken Vandermark) - 5:26
"Chasin' My Tail" (Mars Williams) - 3:28
"Memory Seek" (Steve Hunt) - 8:32
"Symposium/Mr. Happy" (Williams) - 5:07
"You Never Buy Me Anything" (NRG Ensemble) - 6:27
"American Tan (For Stanley Kubrick)" (Vandermark) - 7:16
"Kiteless String" (Williams) - 3:18
"Calling All Mothers" (Hal Russell) - 4:50
"You're My Dream" (Hal Russell) - 3:56
"Beneath the Weather (For Steve Lacy)" (Vandermark) - 3:57
