Byard Lancaster

FIRST-TIME VINYL REISSUE

4 1/2 SARS ALL MUSIC TIME

One of the first albums ever recorded by soulful avant legend Byard Lancaster!

Lancaster hailed from Philadelphia, and played flute and alto in a style that was clearly informed by the freer spiritual players that dominated one branch of the avant garde tree at the time – in a mode that's right alongside the work of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders.

He's joined here by a young Sonny Sharrock  – whose "John's Children" they do a wonderful reading of, plus Eric Gravatt, Keno Speller, and Jerome Hunt. The tunes are all still tied to a primarily swing based concept of time, and the solos never reach too far, on this side that nods towards the new thing without diving in too deeply

PERSONNEL:

• Byard Lancaster - (flute, alto saxophone)
• Warren (Sonny) Sharrock - (guitar)
• Jerome Hunter - (bass, bass guitar)
• Eric Gravatt - (drums)
• Kenny (Keno) Speller - (conga drums)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 It's Not Up to Us
• A2 Last Summer
• A3 Misty
• A4 John's Children

• SIDE B
• B1 Mr. A.A.
• B2 Dogtown
• B3 Over the Rainbow
• B4 Satan