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Cecil McBee: Mutima - LP 180g Vinyl, Remastered

                 



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Label: Strata-East SES7417
Country: UK
Released: 2019
Genre: Jazz
Barcode: 506014962304
Quantity: 7 in stock
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A 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 recognized flutist Art Webb shines on the floaty free "A Feeling", and the atypical but wholly contemporized "Tulsa Black", a portent to the music that would be made later in this time period by Sonny Fortune, and featuring the wah-wah electric bass guitar work of Cecil McBee, Jr. The two-minute "Voice Of The Seventh Angel" sports the disparity of a complex arrangement alongside the beautiful singing of a young Dee Dee Bridgewater, while the marathon "From Within" has McBee performing solo, but overdubbed on two basses in opposite stereo channels, using serene long-toned arco and static pizzicato in arresting sounds that meld into a bridge squawk reminiscent of the saxophone playing of bandmate Adams. In retrospect, McBee's great career was ostensibly launched well before this recording, having worked with prominently with Charles Lloyd, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Yusef Lateef, Charles Tolliver, and countless others. "Mutima" (translated as "unseen forces") undoubtedly solidified his stature and brilliance as a major player.   

Die LP "Mutima" des Bassisten Cecil McBee für das Label Strata East ist ein wichtiges Dokument, das ihn via seiner Heimat in Tulsa, Oklahoma, und einem kurzen Aufenthalt Mitte der 60er Jahre in Detroit als Leader der internationalen Jazz-Szene in New York City vorstellt. McBee, purer Musiker, hat eine atemberaubende Technik, vielfältige harmonische Ideen und einen unermüdlichen Swing, aber gerade als Komponist hebt er sich von anderen Musikern Mitte der 70er Jahre ab. "Life Waves" ist ein atemberaubendes Stück komponierter und improvisierter Musik, mit einer kurzen Bläserfanfare, die McBees akkordisches 'Schrammeln' und einen Hard-Bop-Drive einleitet. Die frechen Linien des Trompeters Tex Allen, der feurige Tenorsaxophonist George Adams und der nachdenklichere Altsaxophonist Allen Braufman graben sich in kräftige, aber kontrastreiche Soli ein, während Schlagzeuger Jimmy Hopps Gas gibt. Das andere Vorzeige-Stück, "Mutima", hat eine aufsteigende längere Melodie, die immer wieder in Richtung Samba driftet, der attraktiv, einnehmend und viel introspektiver ist als viele andere Versuche in diese Richtung. Der legendäre, aber unterschätzte Flötist Art Webb, unterstützt von dem Wah-Wah-Elektrobass von Cecil McBee, Jr., glänzt mit dem schwebend freien "A Feeling" und dem atypischen, aber völlig zeitgemäßen "Tulsa Black", Vorbote der Musik, die kurz darauf von Sonny Fortune gemacht werden sollte. Das zweiminütige "Voice Of The Seventh Angel" zeigt die Diskrepanz eines komplexen Arrangements neben dem

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Tracklist
 
A1From Within11:21
A2Voice Of The 7th Angel2:02
A3Life Waves9:13
B1Mutima13:41
B2A Feeling2:38
B3Tulsa Black6:10


Barcode and Identifiers
BarcodeScan 13 ean from sticker: 5060149623046
Barcode: 5 060149 62304
Matrix / RunoutRunout side A, stamped: SES 7414 A -52268-
Matrix / RunoutRunout side B, stamped: SES 7414 B -52268-


Credits
Bass, Arranged By, Composed By, Producer - Cecil McBee
Congas - Lawrence Killian
Design [Cover] - Lucia Haskell McBee
Drums - Jimmy Hopps
Engineer - John Battiloro, Ron Carran
Flugelhorn - Tex Allen
Flute - Art Webb
Gong, Percussion - Michael Carvin
Mixed By - Rich Adler
Percussion, Cymbal - Billy Hart
Piano, Electric Piano - Onaje Allan Gumbs
Vocals - Dee Dee Bridgewater

Notes
Recorded 5/8/74 at Minot Studios, White Plains, N.Y.

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Tracklisting is supplied by a third party and matched by catalogue number or barcode. Tracks on the release may differ from what is being sold.
     
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