Steve Reid

• COLOURED VINYL EDITION

• 1000 COPIES WORLDWIDE

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Steve Reid is a true pioneer of us leftfield deep jazz. This release, originally released in 1976, is one of four albums Steve Reid recorded on his own tiny Mustevic record label in the 1970s and has a defining sound. He played in Sun Ra's Arkestra, was a Motown session drummer and backed James Brown at the Apollo!

There were only 1000 copies of this record pressed when it was originally released in 1976 and it has been a collectors album ever since. Soul jazz records are releasing this record for the first time ever in the uk.

PERSONNEL:

• Steve Reid - drums
• Les Walker - piano
• David Wertman - bass
• Michael Keith - trombone
• Arthur Blythe - alto sax

• Guest Stars:
• Chris Capers - trumpet
• Melvin Smith - guitar
• Charles Tyler - baritone sax

Recorded in New york, November & December 1975

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Kai
• A2. Rocks (For Cannonball)

• SIDE B
• B1. Center Of The Earth
• B2. C You Around
• B3. One Minute Please