Miroslav Vitous

LIMITED EDITION - AUDIOPHILE RE-MASTERING

ANALOGUE 180 GRAM VINYL

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Miroslav's first album; superb even in the 21st century. If you are interested in finding out about the beginnings of 'jazz-rock fusion' this record is absolutely crucial. DeJohnette and Mclaughlin both had something to prove at the time and it shows. Vitous had won a scholarship to Boston's Berklee school of music but on this evidence, he didn't need it at all and probably scared the heck out of the teaching staff before he left to go with Herbie Mann, the occasional Miles gig, and the album sessions with Shorter and Zawinul that led to Weather Report. A brilliant and influential debut from a prodigious talent; buy this one!

PERSONNEL:

• MIROSLAV VITOUS, bass
• JOE HENDERSON, tenor sax
• JOE HENDERSON, tenor sax
• JOHN McLAUGHLIN, guitar
• HERBIE HANCOCK, guitar
• JACK DeJOHNETTE, JOE CHAMBERS, drums

Recorded at A & R Recording Studios, New York, 1969.

SIDE A:

• 01. Freedom Jazz Dance
• 02. Mountain In The Clouds
• 03. When Face Gets Pale

SIDE B:

• 01. Infinite Search
• 02. I Will Tell Him On You
• 03. Epilogue