Elvin Jones - Genesis (1971/2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/192kHz]

With a red hot three horn front line of Dave Liebman, Frank Foster and Joe Farrell, drummer Elvin Jones pushes some limits on this overlooked 1971 session. Equally noteworthy is newcomer (at the time) Gene Perla on bass and electric bass, while Jones himself propels the set with his trademark powerful drumming.

The graphics are kind of dull on this late-period Blue Note LP, but the music is anything but boring. Elvin Jones' band had expanded during 1969-1971 from a pianoless trio to a three-horn quintet. With Dave Liebman and the returning Joe Farrell on tenor and soprano and Frank Foster contributing some tenor, alto flute, and bass clarinet (bassist Gene Perla completes the group), it would not be an overstatement to call this a powerful unit. On five originals by bandmembers (best known is Jones' 'Three Card Molly'), the musicians take long, heated solos that straddle the boundary between hard bop and the avant-garde. Their album has plenty of invigorating music.

Tracklist:

01 - P.P. Phoenix
02 - For All Those Other Times
03 - Slumber
04 - Three Card Molly
05 - Cecilia Is Love

Produced by Francis Wolff, George Butler. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.
Recorded on February 12, 1971 at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Musicians:
Elvin Jones - drums
Joe Farrell - tenor & soprano saxophone
Dave Liebman - tenor & soprano saxophone
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, alto flute, alto clarinet
Gene Perla - bass, electric bass


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