CHARLES SULLIVAN "GENESIS" (STRATA-EAST, 1974)

Charles Sullivan, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Sonny Fortune, alto saxophone
Stanley Cowell, piano
Alex Blake, bass
Billy Hart, drums
Lawrence Killian, congas, percussion
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals
L.Sharon Freeman, fender rhodes (only tr.3)
Onaje Allen Gumbs, piano (only tr.2)
Anthony Jackson, bass guitar (only tr.3)
Alphonse Mouzon, drums (only tr.3)


A1. Evening Song     8:31
A2. Good-Bye Sweet John (In Memory Of John Foster: Pianist)     5:57
A3. Field Holler    3:42
B1. Now I'll Sleep     4:36
B2. Genesis     17:36


Recorded at Sound Ideas, N.Y.C. June, 20 & 21, 1974.
"Field Holler" recorded at Minot Sound, White Plains, N.Y. July 24, 1974.

STRATA-EAST SES-7413

(vinyl rip)

BARRY WALLENSTEIN, CECIL MCBEE, STANLEY COWELL ‎– BEAST IS (AK-BA RECORDS, 1978)

A1. Revenge, Liberty NY, Legend Of The Wild West
A2. In The Money Talk, All Messed Up
A3. Skimmer, Deception I And II, Snow Fire, A House In The Mountains

B1. Loss Of Parts, Complaint, Paranoia, Back Ache
B2. Beast Is A Wolf, Spider's Way, Snake
B3. A Sleeping Man, Field Of Questions, Shorty Life Of A Five-Minute Dancer
B4. Footprints, Where I Need To Be, Time After Time



Cecil McBee, bass, cello
Stanley Cowell, piano
Barry Wallenstein, poetry


Recorded at Downtown Sound, NYC, June 15, 1976

AK-BA Records ‎– AK-1020

LP Rip

MTUME UMOJA ENSEMBLE "LAND OF THE BLACKS" (STRATA-EAST, 1971)

I know it was posted in blog-land already twice but for my money this recording deserves a "flac".
The cover has an already worn out look though the LPs were in fine condition.
Enjoy.



"Live At The East":


Mtume, congas, tonette horn
Carlos Garnett, tenor saxophone & flute
Gary Bartz, alto & soprano saxophone
Leroy Jenkins, violin
Stanley Cowell, piano
Buster Williams, bass
Ndugu, drums
Bily Hart, drums
Andy Bey, vocals
Joe Lee Wilson, vocals
Eddie Micheaux, vocals
Yusef Iman, poetry
Weusi Kuumba, poetry

LP1
1. Invocation [by Mtume] 04:17
2. Baba Hengates 17:54
3. Utamu 10:09
4. Saud 10:47

LP2
1. Alkebu-Lan 16:36
2. No Words 08:46
3. Seperate Not Equal 07:22
4. Sifa (The Prayer) 14:56
5. (no reference) 01:26

Recorded: August 21st, 1971 at The East, Brooklyn, NY

STRATA-EAST SES-1972-4


(Note: On track 5 (LP2) James Mtume is introducing the band members to the audience)