Various Artists: Strata-2-East

Universal Sound US LP6 (UK) [released 1997] [cover]
Universal Sound US CD6 (UK) (CD) [released 1997] [cover]

September 1972 - April 1975

1. Keno Duke: Too Late, Fall Back Baby [6:55] (Harold Mabern Jr.)
   1974
   Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
   
   Keno Duke (dr)
   George Coleman (ts)
   Harold Mabern (p)
   Lisle Atkinson (b)
   Frank Strozier (as, fl)
   
   
2. Charles Sullivan: Field Holler [3:51] (Charles Sullivan)
   1974
   Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
   
   Charles Sullivan (tp, fl-h)
   Stanley Cowell (p)
   Sonny Fortune (as)
   L. Sharon Freeman (fender rhodes)
   Alphonse Mouzon (dr)
   Anthony Jackson (b-g)
   Lawrence Killian (congas, perc)
   
   
3. Dick Griffin: Jakubu's Dance [4:07] (Dick Griffin)
   1974
   
   Dick Griffin (tb)
   Cecil McBee (b)
   Freddie Watts (dr)
   Ron Burton (p)
   Warren Smith (perc)
   Leopoldo F. Fleming (perc)
   Sam Rivers (ts, ss, fl)
   
   
4. Stanley Cowell: Travelin' Man [4:00] (Stanley Cowell - Charles Fowlkes)
   April 1975
   Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
   
   Marion Brown (wooden fl)
   Stanley Cowell (mbira)
   Charles Fowlkes (kareema, voc)
   Jimmy Heath (fl)
   Billy Higgins (misc. perc)
   Bill Lee (acoustic b)
   Nadi Quamar (mamalekimbe)
   
   
5. John Betsch Society: Ode To Ethiopia [4:20] (Robert L. Holmes)
   January 1974
   Glaser Productions, Inc. Nashville, Tenn.
   
   Billy Puett (fl, sax)
   Bob Holmes (p, el-p)
   Ed "Lump" Williams (b)
   Jim Bridges (g)
   Phil Royster (congas)
   John Betsch (dr, perc)
   
   
6. Harold Vick: Senor Zamora [5:38] (Harold Vick)
   1974
   Blue Rock Studio, NYC
   
   Harold Vick (ts)
   Virgil Jones (tp)
   George Davis (alto-fl)
   Kiane Zawadi (euphonium)
   Joe Bonner (fender rhodes)
   Sam Jones (b)
   Billy Hart (dr)
   
   
7. Stanley Cowell: Trying To Find A Way [3:35] (Stanley Cowell - John McLaughlin)
   April 1975
   Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
   
   Ed Blackwell (waterdrum)
   Stanley Cowell (synth, p)
   Billy Higgins (snare drum, ride cymbal)
   Aleke Kanonu (bass drum)
   Jerry Venable (acoustic g)
   Glenda Barnes (voc)
   Charles Fowlkes (voc)
   
   
8. Piano Choir: Barbara Ann [4:47] (Webster Lewis)
   August 1974
   Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
   
   Webster Lewis (p)
   Ron Burton (p)
   Stanley Cowell (p)
   Nat Jones (p)
   Hugh Lawson (p)
   Harold Mabern (p)
   Sonelius Smith (p)
   
   
9. Weldon Irvine: Turkish Bath [7:00] (Weldon Irvine)
   February 1974
   Sound Ideas Studio, NY
   
   Weldon Irvine (el-p)
   Joe Jones (p)
   Tommy Smith (g) George Murray (fender b)
   Ronald Jackson (dr)
   Napoleon Revels (perc)
   Tony Wiles (congas)
   
   
10. Oneness Of Juju: Freedom Fighter [3:35] (Jalango Ngoma)
    September 1972
    San Francisco
    
    Plunky Nkabinde (ts, ss, shekere)
    Lon Moshe (vib, fl, piccolo)
    Al-Hammel Rasul (p, shekere)
    Ken Shabala (b, el-b, wood fl)
    Jalango Ngoma (timbales, shekere)
    Babatunde (congas, dr)
    
    
11. Billy Parker's Fourth World: Get With It [4:03] (Ronald and Cecil Bridgewater)
    May 1974
    NY
    
    Billy Parker (dr)
    Cecil McBee (bass violin)
    Donald Smith (p)
    Dee Dee Bridgewater (voc)
    Ronald Bridgewater (ts)
    Cecil Bridgewater (tp)
    
    
12. The Descendants Of Mike And Phoebe: Chick Chick [3:04] (Bill Lee)
    December 1973
    Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
    
    Consuela Lee Moorehead (p)
    Bill Lee (string bass)
    A. Grace Lee Mims (soprano)
    Clif Lee (fl-h)
    Sonny Brown (perc)
    
    
13. Cecil McBee: Tulsa Black (Cecil McBee)
    August 1974
    Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
    
    Cecil McBee (b)
    Jimmy Hopps (dr)
    Lawrence Killian (conga)
    Cecil McBee Jr. (el-b)
    Michael Carvin (gong, perc)
    Jaboli Billy Hart (cymbals, perc)
    Art Webb (fl)
    
    
14. Shirley Scott: Keep On Movin On [9:52] (Harold Vick)
    Blue Rock Studio, NYC
    
    Shirley Scott (org)
    Harold Vick (as)
    Billy Higgins (dr)
    Jimmy Hopps (cowbell)
    
    
15. The Descendant's Of Mike And Phoebe: Coltrane [4:55] (Bill Lee)
    December 1973
    Minot Studios, White Plains, NY
    
    Consuela Lee Moorehead (p)
    Bill Lee (string bass)
    A. Grace Lee Mims (soprano)
    Clif Lee (fl-h)
    Sonny Brown (perc)
    
    

* Tracks 4 and 7 taken from Regeneration (Strata-East SES 19765)

Source: HM, AMG

[Index]