CECIL McBEE – Alternate Spaces (LP-1979)

Label: India Navigation – IN 1043

Format: Vinyl, LP; Country: US- Released: 1979

Style: Contemporary Jazz, Modal

India Navigation Studio Recording, 1978

All Compositions By – Cecil McBee

Cover Photo By – Lucia McBee

Produced by India Navigation Company 1979

A1 - Alternate Space . . . 9:05

A2 - Consequence . . . 8:15

B1 - Come Sunrise . . . 6:43

B2 - Sorta, Kinda Blue . . . 6:35

B3 - Expression . . . 7:13

CECIL McBEE – Bass

CHICO FREEMAN – Tenor & Soprano Saxes, Flute  

JOE GARDNER – Trumpet

DON PULLEN – Piano

ALLEN NELSON – Drums

FAMOUDOU DON MOYE – Percussion

Bassist Cecil McBee and Chico Freeman (who triples on tenor, soprano and flute) teamed up many times during the late 1970s and '80s. Their collaborations found them playing music that was a spiritual extension on hard bop, adventurous while moving forward. On this LP, they perform five of McBee's originals in a sextet that also includes trumpeter Joe Gardner, the percussive pianist Don Pullen (a major asset to the date), drummer Allen Nelson and percussionist Don Moye. The often melodic but unpredictable music definitely holds one's interest.

_ By SCOTT YANOW

If you find it, buy this album!