Barre Philips
Mountainscapes
ECM Records (US) 1976
ECM 1076 (LP)
sleeve : EX(SRW, TEOC, very slightly wear on edge and corner.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly surface noises, still good condition.)
This is the first solo album by Barre Philips, one of the most famous American bassists in the free jazz world, released on ECM in 1976, featuring John Surman(s), Dieter Feichtner(synth), Stu Martin(d,synth) and John Abercrombie. This is an abstract electric jazz album with John Surman's spectacular saxophone playing and deep and cosmic synthesizers. The sound gradually changes from a dense atmosphere to a spiritual one. The opening track, A1, takes you to an amazing place, and B1, with Dieter Feichtner's cosmic synthesizer, is great too. The sound quality is very three-dimensional.
B1: Mountainscape VB3: Mountainscape VII