Alan Braufman

Valley Of Search might have been the first and last recording of its kind. The 1975 album was perhaps the final moment of reconciliation between the rapidly diverging sides of John Coltrane’s musical legacy—a unity of the modal, Eastern-influenced spiritual jazz with the intense free-form—that never again would occupy the same strain of music. But it also was among the early signals of the nascent Manhattan loft scene, being recorded in the Canal Street storefront where multi-reedist Alan Braufman and pianist Gene Ashton

PERSONNEL:

• Alan Braufman - alto sax, horn, flute
• Gene Ashton - piano
• Cecil McBee - bass
• David Lee - drums
• Ralph Williams - percussion
• Gene Ashton - piano

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• 01. Rainbow Warriors
• 02. Chant
• 03. Thankfulness
• 04. Love Is For Real
• 05. Forshadow

• SIDE B
• 01. Miracles
• 02. Ark Of Salvation
• 03. Little Nabil's March
• 04. Destiny