Cecil McBee - Mutima [New Vinyl LP] Rmst

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Cecil McBee - Mutima [New Vinyl LP] RmstArtist: Cecil McBeeTitle: MutimaFormat: Vinyl LPGenre: JazzUPC: 5060149623046Release Date: 2019Record Label: Pure PleasureAlbum Tracks 1. From Within 2. Voice of the 7th Angel 3. Life Waves 4. Mutima 5. A Feeling 6. Tulsa BlackA landmark recording in early creative improvised modern music, bassist Cecil McBee's recording for the Strata East label is an important document introducing him as a leader from the international jazz-based scene in New York City via his native Tulsa, OK and following a brief mid-'60s stint in Detroit. McBee as a pure musician has staggering technique, rich harmonic ideas, and an indefatigable swing, but it is as a composer that he is set apart from other musicians of this mid-'70s era. 'Life Waves' is a stunning piece of composed and improvised music, with a brief clarion horn section setting off McBee's chordal strumming and harp bop drive. Trumpeter Tex Allen's brash lines, the incendiary tenor saxophonist George Adams, and more thoughtful alto saxophonist Allen Braufman dig into hefty but contrasting solos, while drummer Jimmy Hopps stokes the coals. The other premier piece, 'Mutima,' has a soaring longer melody switching on and off onto a samba palate that is pretty, beautiful, and much more introspective than other wild and woolly cuts. The legendary but under read more

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