World Saxophone Quartet - Metamorphosis (1991)
World Saxophone Quartet - Metamorphosis (1991)
Mp3 CBR320 kbps | 61:55 min | 146 Mb (5% Rec.)
Contemporary Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz | Label: Nonesuch Records
Mp3 CBR320 kbps | 61:55 min | 146 Mb (5% Rec.)
Contemporary Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz | Label: Nonesuch Records
Probably the first of several saxophone-only ensembles who proliferated in jazz after 1975, the WSQ is unquestionably the most commercially (and, arguably, the most creatively) successful. Of course, commercial success is a relative thing in jazz, especially when one is speaking of an avant-garde group. But unlike most free jazz artists, the WSQ managed to attract an audience of significant size; large enough to have garnered a major-label record deal in the '80s, an almost unheard-of occurrence in that retro-jazz decade. Metamorphosis is the tenth album by the World Saxophone Quartet and fourth album on the Elektra/Nonesuch label with added African drummers and electric bassist Melvin Gibbs (after the departure of Julius Hemphill).
Tracklist:
01. The Holy Men (2:48)
02. Lullaby (4:51)
03. Metamorphosis (3:28)
04. Su Mama Ah Zumu (6:25)
05. Africa (8:54)
06. Ballad for the Black Man (7:52)
07. Masai Warriors Dance (5:14)
08. Love Like Sisters (4:07)
09. Lo Chi Lo (6:57)
10. Feed the People (10:56)
Personnel: Oliver Lake (alto & soprano saxophones, flute); Arthur Blythe (alto saxophone); David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet); Hamiett Bluiett (baritone saxophone); Melvin Gibbs (electric bass); Mor Thiam (gmba, gabala, gum gum, rain stick, bgno, vocals); Chief Bey (asiko, signal drum, shikere); Mar Gueye (limbo, m'beum m'beum, gring m'biss m'biss).