Charles Tolliver

• 180 GRAM ANALOGUE VINYL

• LIMITED EDITION

• AUDIOPHILE RE-MASTERING

• 4/12 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This is the first LP by Charles Tolliver's legendary group on Strata East. Rarely, if ever, has a big band exhibited so much freedom or finesse, while at the same time never overwhelming the virtuoso soloists on whom the performances pivot. This forward-thinking group built around the core of Tolliver’s environment at the time with pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Jimmy Hopps, boasts the kind of music of give-and-take born equally of talent and telepathy where each player seems to communicate with his colleagues on a higher plane, delivering performances to rival any in their careers while navigating hard-hitting, harmonically advanced and sophisticated arrangements.

PERSONNEL:

• CHARLES TOLLIVER, trumpet
• CECIL McBEE, bass
• STANLEY COWELL, piano
• JIMMY HOPPS, drums

• Trumpets
• Richard Williams
• Virgil Jones
• Larry Greenwich
• Danny Moore

• Reeds and Flutes
• Jimmy Heath
• Clifford Jordan
• Bobby Brown
• Wilbur Brown

• Tuba and Baritone sax
• Howard Johnson

• Trombones
• Garnett Brown
• Curtis Fuller
• John Gordon
• Dick Griffin

New York, November 11, 1970

TRACKS:

• SIDE A:
• A1. Ruthie's Heart
• A2. Brilliant Circles
• A3. Abscretions

• SIDE B:
• B1. Household of Saud
• B2. On the Nile
• B3. Departure