Label: Black Saint – BSR 0021
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Italy / Released: 1978
Style: Free Jazz, Fusion
Recorded in May 1978 at GRS Studios, Milano, Italy
Cover [Cover Art], Photography By – Giuseppe Pino
Design [Cover] – "Gigi" Barbieri
Engineer – "Michel" Carlo Assalini
Producer – Giacomo Pellicciotti
Producer [Assistant] – Walter Prati
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): BSR 0021-A-78 I △
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): BSR 0021-B-78 I △
A1 -Beyond The New Horizon .................................................................. 7:42
A2 -Night Dreamer .................................................................................. 10:57
A3- Brown Rock City ................................................................................7:25
B1 - Skiwee ............................................................................................... 6:30
B2 - Junk Trap ........................................................................................... 9:15
B3 - Electric Two....................................................................................... 6:25
B4 - Sequence ...........................................................................................2:29
Luther Thomas – alto saxophone
Joseph Bowie – trombone
James Emery – guitar
John Lindberg – acoustic /electric bass
Charles Bobo Shaw – drums, percussion, bugle
A wonderfully focused record from drummer Charles Bobo Shaw -- a set that shows the new fire his music had gained in the latter part of the 70s! The lineup still strongly shows Shaw's roots -- a creative combo that features Joseph Bowie on trombone, Luther Thomas on alto sax, James Emery on guitar, and John Lindberg on bass -- and there's a nice sense of swing amidst the freedom, a rhythmic pulse that comes especially strongly from the bass and drums, and which reminds us of some of Thomas' best moments in this mode. The set's a great example of the way that 70s groups like this could work with a great sense of freedom, but still keep things grooving too.
(source: Dusty Groove America)
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