Sphere (Sphere album)

Sphere
Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedOctober 4, 1997
StudioAcoustic Recording, Brooklyn, New York; Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length56:03
LabelVerve
557 796-2
ProducerSphere
Sphere chronology
Bird Songs
(1988)
Sphere
(1998)

Sphere is an album by the American jazz group Sphere. It was recorded on October 4, 1997, in New York City and New Jersey, and was released in 1998 by Verve. The album features saxophonist Gary Bartz, replacing original band member Charlie Rouse, who died in 1988, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Ben Riley. Sphere was the group's first album since 1988's Bird Songs.