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'']'' noted that "the mood is generally dark, somber and understated—even 'Ninth Ward Strut', the third tune on the album and the first to really emphasize a beat, keeps the rhythms tightly contained."<ref name="WP">{{cite news |last1=Joyce |first1=Mike |title=The Marsalis Mainstream |work=The Washington Post |date=June 17, 1988 |page=D2}}</ref> '']'' said that the duo's "tunes are flirtatious, full of ambiguities and open ends; their solos are as often wistfully evasive as they are punchy and to the point."<ref name="GM">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Mark |title=Jazz |work=The Globe and Mail |date=July 28, 1988 |page=C3}}</ref> '']'' stated that the "solid, post-bop improvising shows the duo's ability to move outside conventions and to compose well structured pieces."<ref name="OC">{{cite news |last1=Moody |first1=Lois |title=Too cool Marsalis heads talented sets by Blakey alumni |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=August 26, 1988 |page=B6}}</ref> |
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'']'' noted that "the mood is generally dark, somber and understated—even 'Ninth Ward Strut', the third tune on the album and the first to really emphasize a beat, keeps the rhythms tightly contained."<ref name="WP">{{cite news |last1=Joyce |first1=Mike |title=The Marsalis Mainstream |work=The Washington Post |date=June 17, 1988 |page=D2}}</ref> '']'' said that the duo's "tunes are flirtatious, full of ambiguities and open ends; their solos are as often wistfully evasive as they are punchy and to the point."<ref name="GM">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Mark |title=Jazz |work=The Globe and Mail |date=July 28, 1988 |page=C3}}</ref> '']'' stated that the "solid, post-bop improvising shows the duo's ability to move outside conventions and to compose well structured pieces."<ref name="OC">{{cite news |last1=Moody |first1=Lois |title=Too cool Marsalis heads talented sets by Blakey alumni |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=August 26, 1988 |page=B6}}</ref> |
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'']'' concluded that "the title cut has a haunting quality, quietly suspenseful, but some tunes are blandly vamp-like."<ref name=WS/> '']'' opined that "there is something curiously abstract, theoretical and even tentative about the record".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Jeff |title=Jazz |work=The Buffalo News |date=July 1, 1988 |department=Gusto |page=32}}</ref> '']'' praised "Blanchard's finest recorded trumpet solos".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wynn |first1=Ron |title=Albums |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=July 1, 1988 |page=E23}}</ref> The ] opined that the duo "prove that recreating bop-era jazz needn't result in wax-museum-like records like those of ]."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Browne |first1=David |title=Pop Music |work=Daily News |date=July 10, 1988 |department=City Lights |page=23}}</ref> '']'' included ''Black Pearl'' on its list of the 10 best jazz albums of 1988.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karlovits |first1=Bob |title=It was a fine year for jazz, but the great albums few and far between |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=December 29, 1988 |page=D7}}</ref> |
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'']'' concluded that "the title cut has a haunting quality, quietly suspenseful, but some tunes are blandly vamp-like."<ref name=WS/> '']'' opined that "there is something curiously abstract, theoretical and even tentative about the record".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Jeff |title=Jazz |work=The Buffalo News |date=July 1, 1988 |department=Gusto |page=32}}</ref> '']'' praised "Blanchard's finest recorded trumpet solos".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wynn |first1=Ron |title=Albums |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=July 1, 1988 |page=E23}}</ref> The ] opined that the duo "prove that recreating bop-era jazz needn't result in wax-museum-like records like those of ]."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Browne |first1=David |title=Pop Music |work=Daily News |date=July 10, 1988 |department=City Lights |page=23}}</ref> '']'' and '']'' included ''Black Pearl'' on their lists of the 10 best jazz albums of 1988.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karlovits |first1=Bob |title=It was a fine year for jazz, but the great albums few and far between |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=December 29, 1988 |page=D7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=James |title=The Year In: Jazz Records |work=The Edmonton Journal |date=December 30, 1988 |page=D4}}</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
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==Track listing== |
