Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf is an album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released by the Justin Time label. The album features a live performance by Hamiet Bluiett, John Purcell, Oliver Lake and David Murray and was recorded at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago on March 1, 1999. This was Purcell's final album with the group. Reception The AllMusic review by David R. Adler awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "Bluiett's "Hattie Wall," the WSQ theme song, concludes the program with boogying showmanship. Recommended." The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "the one we would most strongly recommend," and wrote: "This was the night when Purcell finally sounded like a permanent and unmoveable component of the quartet." They described the quartet's performance of "Giant Steps" as "a career high-point."