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Mindgames

Studio album by

Greg Osby

Released

1988

Recorded

May 1988

Studio

Systems Two, Brooklyn, New York

Genre

Jazz

Length

47:37

Label

JMT
JMT 834 422

Producer

Greg Osby

Greg Osby chronology

Greg Osby and Sound Theatre
(1987)

Mindgames
(1988)

Cipher Syntax
(1989)

Mindgames is the second album by saxophonist Greg Osby recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn states, "Some torrid solos but his least successful release artistically".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Greg Osby except as indicated

"Dolemite" - 5:43
"Mindgames" - 5:27
"Thinking Inside You" (Edward Simon) - 3:27
"This Is Not a Test" - 4:11
"Excuse Not" (Paul Samuels) - 1:50
"Mirror, Mirror" - 4:56
"Silent Attitude" - 7:30
"Altered Ego" (Kevin McNeal) - 4:50
"All That Matters" - 6:32
"Chin Lang" - 2:36

Personnel

Greg Osby - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, percussion, voice
Geri Allen (tracks 1,7 & 9), Edward Simon (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 & 8) - piano, synthesizer
Kevin McNeal - guitar
Lonnie Plaxico - bass
Paul Samuels - drums, percussion

References

^ Greg Osby sessionography, accessed October 1, 2014
^ ^a ^b Wynn, R., Allmusic Review accessed October 1, 2014

v t e Greg Osby
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Greg Osby and Sound Theatre (1987) Mindgames (1988) Cipher Syntax (1988) Season of Renewal (1989) Friendly Fire (with Joe Lovano, 1998) Structure (with Terri Lyne Carrington, Adam Rogers, and Jimmy Haslip, 2003)
Live albums	Banned in New York (1997)
Related articles	Inner Circle Music

v t e Geri Allen
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	The Printmakers (1984) Home Grown (1985) Open on All Sides in the Middle (1986) In the Year of the Dragon (1989) Segments (1989) Twylight (1989) Live at the Village Vanguard (1990) The Nurturer (1990) Maroons (1992) Twenty One (1994) Eyes in the Back of Your Head (1995–96) Some Aspects of Water (1996) The Gathering (1998) The Life of a Song (2004) Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006) Flying Toward the Sound (2008) Geri Allen & Timeline Live (2009) A Child Is Born (2011) Grand River Crossings (2012) A Lovesome Thing (2012)
With Oliver Lake	Expandable Language (1984) Otherside (1988) Talkin' Stick (1997) At This Time (2008)
With others	Movies (Franco Ambrosetti, 1986) Movies Too (Franco Ambrosetti, 1988) The Collective (Cecil Brooks III, 1989) Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1989) Droppin' Things (Betty Carter, 1990) Feed the Fire (Betty Carter, 1993) Sound Museum: Hidden Man (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Sound Museum: Three Women (Ornette Coleman, 1996) Motherland Pulse (Steve Coleman, 1985) Flute Talk (Buddy Collette, 1988) Etudes (Charlie Haden, 1987) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (Charlie Haden, 1989) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (Charlie Haden, 1989) Reflections in Change (Craig Handy, 1999) Lift Every Voice (Charles Lloyd, 2002) Jumping the Creek (Charles Lloyd, 2004) Decision in Paradise (Frank Lowe, 1984) Monk in Motian (Paul Motian, 1988) Mindgames (Greg Osby, 1988) Living on the Edge (Dewey Redman, 1989) Crunchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Munchin' (Wallace Roney, 1993) Bemsha Swing (Woody Shaw, 1986) By Any Means Necessary (Gary Thomas, 1989)

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