JCOA Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
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| Recorded | Jan 30, 1975 |
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| Label | JCOA Records |
| Released | 1975 |
| Personnel | 18 credited players |
| Discogs | master 650114 |
The record
A large-ensemble session led by violinist Leroy Jenkins, drawing on the loft-era avant-garde with Braxton, Dewey Redman, Dave Holland and Sirone's dual basses thickening the low end. JCOA's commitment to large-scale free improvisation is on full display -- dense, orchestral, and unmistakably downtown.
Session personnel
- Dave Holland — bass
- Sirone — bass
- Diedre Murray — cello
- Dewey Redman — clarinet, suona [musette], horn [banshee horn]
- Anthony Braxton — contrabass clarinet
- Charles Bobo Shaw — drums, percussion
- Roger Blank — drums, percussion
- Jerome Cooper — drums, percussion, piano
- Becky Friend — flute, piccolo flute
- Sharon Freeman — french horn
- James Emery — guitar
- Charles Brackeen — soprano saxophone
- Romulus Franceschini — synthesizer
- Maurice McIntyre — tenor saxophone
- Joseph Bowie — trombone
- Wadada Leo Smith — trumpet
- Bill Davis — tuba
- Leroy Jenkins — violin, conductor, composed by, liner notes
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1975 | JCOA Records · PA-7134 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file |
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| 1975 | JCOA Records |
| 1975 | JCOA Records Virgin · J2005 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1975 | JCOA Records · PA-7134 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
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