Label:
Gramavision – 18-8407-1
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: US / Released: 1986
Style:
Free Jazz, Free Improvisation, Avant-garde Jazz
Recorded at Mad
Hatter Studios, Hollywood, California, January 1985.
Design
– Neal Pozner
Engineer
– Bernie Kirsch
Produced
By – James Newton
Cover
Art: St. Prosper – by Catharine Warren courtesy of the LIGHT Gallery
A1
- Star Crossed Lovers . . . 3:33
A2
- Lone Hill . . . 10:41
A3
- The Crips . . . 7:58
B1
- Water Mystery . . . 8:56
B2
- One For Strayhorn . . . 5:18
B3
- Dance Steps . . . 5:24
James
Newton - flute
Charles
Owens - English horn, soprano sax
John
Carter – clarinet
April
Aoki – harp
Allan
Iwohara - koto
Red
Callender - tuba
Greg
Martin - oboe
John
Nunez - bassoon
Roberto
Miranda - bass
Anthony Brown –
percussion
The five musicians of James Newton's wind ensemble featured on The Mystery School in 1982 (flutist Newton, bassoonist John Nunez, Charles Owens on English horn and soprano, clarinetist John Carter and Red Callender on tuba) are joined by oboist Greg Martin, bassist Roberto Miranda, percussionist Anthony Brown, April Aoki on harp and Allan Iwohara on koto for a rather colorful set. There are two tributes to Billy Strayhorn (including a version of "Star Crossed Lovers"), one for George Russell, a remake of "The Crips" and a pair of features for the koto. A very interesting program of adventurous yet quite logical explorations.
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Review by Scott Yanow
If
you find it, buy this album!
