Fire Engine and Crossover. 1974 Mirrorsonic
UMR review
Priority: 2
The AC's review: "Leo Jones is a trumpet player who studied under free jazz heavyweight Bill Dixon in the late 60s. In the early 70s, he received a grant from the city of New York to run a program called the "Lower East Side Community Music Workshop", formed to foster musical creativity in the city's youth, and ultimately leading to the creation of this unique artifact, recorded with a bunch of Jr. High school students in Manhattan. The album consists of two sprawling side-long tracks, seemingly stitched together from a couple of live jam sessions. The style presented here is firmly in the mold of early 70s Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band, Eddie Henderson, and the like. A relentless groove is laid down, with Leo and the kids attempting to "run the voodoo down" on top of it, with electronically effected trumpet, electric guitar, electric piano, clavinet, etc."
2/11/12 (new entry)
3 comments:
ignore that last comment from me Ive just read your faq and realise that youve already heard this album :)
:-) Thanks Reza! You're correct. I only add albums I've actually heard.
wow, this looks like a serious gem.
any chance you could u/l a rip ?
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