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Label: Douglas – NBLP 7047
Series: Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions – 3
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: US / Released: 1977
Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation
Recorded May 14 thru May 23, 1976 at Studio Rivbea, 24 Bond Street, New York.
Engineer [Assistant] – Les Kahn
Engineer [Chief] – Ron Saint Germain
Engineer [Remote Assistant] – Matt Murray
Executive-producer – Harley I. Lewin
Liner Notes – Ross Firestone
Mastered By – Ray Janos
Photography By – Peter Harron
Producer – Alan Douglas, Michael Cuscuna, Sam Rivers
A1 - Randy Weston– Portrait Of Frank Edward Weston ............................... 8:50
Bass – Alex Blake
Congas – Azzedin Weston
Piano, Written-By – Randy Weston
A2 - Michael Jackson– Clarity ....................................................................... 5:15
Acoustic Guitar, Written-By – Michael Jackson
Bass – Fred Hopkins
Drums – Phillip Wilson
Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Oliver Lake
A3 - Dave Burrell– Black Robert ................................................................... 6:30
Bass – Stafford James
Drums – Harold White
Piano, Written-By – Dave Burrell
B1 - Abdullah– Blue Phase .......................................................................... 12:37
Double Bass – Rickie Evans
Drums – Rashied Sinan
Electric Bass – Leroy Seals
Guitar – Mashujaa
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Charles Bracken
Trumpet, Written-By – Ahmed Abdullah
B2 - Andrew Cyrille & Maono– Short Short .................................................. 7:30
Bass – Lyle Atkinson
Drums, Written-By – Andrew Cyrille (Rights Society: ASCAP)
Tenor Saxophone – David Ware
Trumpet – Ted Daniel
...The jazz of the 1970s, particularly in New York, was a vital and searching music, just as the best jazz has always been. Musicians like Sam Rivers, David Murray, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the World Saxophone Quartet, Cecil Taylor and many others worked tirelessly, expanding their tonal vocabularies and creating shimmering and brilliant soundscapes for whoever was still listening. The audiences were, indeed, smaller. But the scope of the artistic achievement was as grand as ever.
This is an astonishing document, sonically wide-open to anyone with an ear for music of the spirit. The performances are varied enough, and sequenced in such a manner, that the most palatable, groove-oriented works will draw the listener in that he or she may appreciate the more abstract, experimental works as well. This music’s vitality is timeless; these recordings should be heard by anyone with anything more than a glancing interest in jazz...
If you find it, buy this album!