MOSAIC SELECT: CHARLES TOLLIVER 1970 TO 1973

 

As the music on this set proves, Tolliver's Music Inc met every challenge and then some. These live recordings from 1970 and '73 embrace hard bop in all its various approaches and epitomize the teamwork that is so essential to any successful jazz performance. And Charles's endurance is absolutely remarkable.

PERSONNEL:

A) Charles Tolliver, trumpet
     Stanley Cowell, piano
     Cecil McBee, bass
     Jimmy Hopps, drums.
Recorded live at Slug's Saloon, New York City on May 1, 1970

CD 1 (1-3) originally issued as Charles Tolliver Music INC Live at Slugs, Volume 1  (Strata East SES1972)
CD 1( 4-6)  originally issued as Charles Tolliver  Music INC Live at Slugs, Volume 2 (Strata East SES19720)
CD 3  (1-3) are previously unissued

(B) Charles Tolliver, trumpet
      Stanley Cowell, piano
      Clint Houston, bass
      Clifford Barbaro, drums.
Recorded at Yubinchokin Hall, Tokyo on December 7, 1973

CD 2  originally issued as Charles Tolliver Music INC Live in Tokio  (Strata East SES19745)
CD 3 (4-6) are previously unissued

Tracks:

DISC ONE
1. Drought (A) 9:20
2. Felicite (A) 8:23
3. Orientale (A) 17:36
4. Spanning (A) 8:24
5. Wilpan's (A) 10:35
6. Our Second Father (Dedicated to the memory of John Coltrane) (A) 13:20

DISC TWO
1. Drought (B) 12:18
2. Stretch (B) 10:39
3. Truth (B) 7:04
4. Effi (B) 10:43
5. 'Round Midnight (B) 8:36

DISC THREE
1. On The Nile (A) 13:33
2. Ruthie;s Heart (Dedicated to my mother) (A) 18:46
3. Repetition (A) 8:51
4. Impact (B) 7:28
5. Our Second Father (Dedicated to the memory of John Coltrane) (B) 20:15
6. Earl's World (Dedicated to my brother) (B) 6:24