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expected mid June 2021
John Gordon:Erotica Suite
Label: Strata-East
Cat No: SES-19780
Format: 180 gram LP x 1 standard sleeve
Barcode: 5060149623312
Scheduled for release
June 2021
Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
A fantastic little record – and very much the kind of set that the Strata East label was created to represent! The music here would hardly have found a home on the bigger jazz labels of the period – not because it's too avant-garde or non-commercial, but just because it's so deeply personal and powerful – the boldest vision on record of trombonist John Gordon, who composed a mind blowing suite of tracks for the first side of the album, as well as some equally great tunes for the second half! Gordon leads the group on trombone – with solos that are soaring and soulful, alongside work by the great James Spaulding on alto and flute, Waymond Reed on trumpet, John Miller on piano and keyboards, Lyle Atkinson on bass, and Frank Derrick on drums! If you know some of the other players here from their own work of the time, you know you're in for a treat – as the music has this fantastic sound of strong individual voices coming together, instruments lifted high on a mission of music – with results that are as fantastic all these many years as they were in the 70s. © 1996-2020, Dusty Groove, Inc.
Tracklisting
Side A: 1. 1st Movement - Desire / 2nd Movement – Fulfillment /
3rd Movement – Aftermath / 4th Movement - Consequences
Side B: 1. Ora Lee Tingle 2. Neleh 3. Blue Na
Personnel: Trombone & Producer – John Gordon
Trumpet – Waymond Reed
Alto Sax/Flute – James R Spaulding
Bass – Lyle Atkinson
Piano/Synthesizer/Stringmen – John Miller
Drums/Beltree – Frank Derrick III
Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios December 27th 1976
Mixed At – Sound Ideas Studios
Engineered by –Neal Ceppos