World Saxophone Quartet - Moving Right Along
World Saxophone Quartet - Moving Right Along
Ape & MP3, 320 kbps | 279.6 MB & 135 MB | Rec. 1993 | Label: Black Saint | CD 1994
Ape & MP3, 320 kbps | 279.6 MB & 135 MB | Rec. 1993 | Label: Black Saint | CD 1994
This title applies to The World Saxophone Quartet's personnel as well as its music. Charter residents David Murray, Oliver Lake and Hamiett Bluiett were joined by special guest James Spaulding on two tracks, making it a quintet, and throughout by new member Eric Person. Person's composition "Antithesis," like several other selections, represented a change in the group's approach. Instead of their hallmark collectively improvised unison passages, most numbers had one or two featured soloists, with the others operating as harmony/contrast players. The WSQ did its usual array of material, from bubbling R&B and funk-tempered numbers to hard bop and swing-oriented tunes, plus two stirring renditions of "Amazing Grace." All Music Guide
Personnel:
David Murray – tenor sax and bass clarinet
Hamiet Bluiett – baritone sax and contralto clarinet
Oliver Lake – alto and soprano sax
Eric Person – alto and soprano sax
and
James Spaulding – alto sax (tracks 11 & 12)
Track Listing:
1 – Antithesis
2 – Baba 2
3 – N.T.
4 – Astral Travels
5 – Land of Mystery
6 – Moving On
7 – Amazing Grace – Part I
8 – Giant Steps
9 – Urban
10 – Sharrod
11 – M.I.L.D.
12 – Lightning And Thunder
13 – Amazing Grace – Part II