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Label: Douglas – NBLP 7046
Series: Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions – 2
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 - Flight To Sanity– The Need To Smile .................................................. 10:47
Bass – Benny Wilson
Congas – Don Moye
Drums – Harold Smith
Piano – Sonelius Smith
Soprano Saxophone – Art Bennett
Tenor Saxophone – Byard Lancaster
Trumpet – Olu Dara
A2 - Ken McIntyre– Naomi ............................................................................ 6:00
Congas, Percussion – Andy Vega
Flute – Ken McIntyre
Percussion [Multiple] – Andrei Strobert
Piano – Richard Harper
B1 - Anthony Braxton– 73°-S Kelvin ............................................................. 6:30
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Contrabass Saxophone – Anthony Braxton
Bass – Fred Hopkins
Drums – Barry Altschul
Guitar – Michael Jackson
Percussion – Phillip Wilson
Trombone – George Lewis
B2 - Marion Brown– And Then They Danced ............................................... 7:00
Alto Saxophone – Marion Brown
Bass – Jack Greg
Congas – Jumma Santos
B3 - Leo Smith & The New Delta Ahkri– Locomotif N°6 ............................. 6:00
Alto Saxophone – Oliver Lake
Bass – Wes Brown
Drums – Paul Maddox, Stanley Crouch
Piano – Anthony Davis
Trumpet – Leo Smith
Note:
A1. Due to technical live recording problems, the beginning of "The Need To Smile" was not properly recorded. The producers felt the performance strong enough to include it with a logical beginning at the soprano saxophone solo.
B1. "73°-S Kelvin" is an excerpt of a continuous performance.
B2. "And Then They Danced" is presented here in its entirety. It fades rather than ends with applause because it was part of a continuous set where one composition followed into the next.
The second volume in this seminal series from the mid 70s – one that did a great job of documenting some of the formative underground playing that was happening in the New York loft scene, almost more creative work than in previous generations, thanks to a lack of commercial venues, and hence, commercial constraints on the music. Tracks include "And Then They Danced" by Marion Brown, "Locomotif" by Leo Smith, "Naomi" by Ken McIntyre, and "The Need To Smile" by a group with Byard Lancaster, Sonelius Smith, Don Moye, and Olu Dara.
If you find it, buy this album!