Roland Alexander Quintet plus Kalaparusha
Live at the Axis
Kharma (US) 1978
PK-5 (LP)
sleeve : EX(slightly wear on corner, slightly color-faded.)
media : VG+/VG+(some slightly surface noises caused by slightly wear.)
American saxophonist Roland Alexander, who has been active since the 50's and has played with Max Roach, Eddie Gale, Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers, Dollar Brand and many others, released a leader album in 1978. This is a recording of a live performance at Axis in Soho, New York in the same year, features the quintet with Malachi Thompson (tp), Rafik Raheem (p), Hakim Jami (b), and John Betsch (ds), with guest appearance by Kalaparusha M. Mcintyre (ts). This is a spiritual jazz masterpiece, a white-hot performance in a hard bop manner, but with a cool groove of intonating tension that develops into a hot brooding improvisational exchange backed by a groovy rhythm section. It's cool.
A1: Body and Soul
A1: Body and Soul
B1: Felice