Miroslav Vitous
Mountain in the Clouds
Atlantic (US) 1972
SD 1622 (LP) One side coated sleeve.
sleeve : EX-(wear on corner, light color-faded around spine)
media : VG+/VG+(some slightly surface noise and light pop noise caused by slightly wear and hairlines)
Released in 1970, this album as a leader is by Czech-born virtuoso jazz bassist Miroslav Vitous, who would later join Weather Report. The quintet features an extraordinary lineup of Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, John McLaughlin on guitar, Herbie Hancock on piano, and Jack DeJohnette on drums. Highlights include A1, a killer interpretation of an Eddie Harris classic, driven by the fiercely aggressive rhythm section of Vitous and DeJohnette, with McLaughlin’s psychedelic guitar and Hancock’s dark, brooding piano creating an incredibly intense atmosphere. Throughout the album, the performances are charged with the same sense of a new musical wave that emerged in the wake of Miles Davis’s electric period, making this an important work from the era. This is the US pressing released in 1972 under the retitled name Mountain in the Clouds, changed from the original title Infinite Search.
A1: Freedom Jazz Dance
A3: Epilogue