Kathleen Loves Music

Richard Davis
Harvest
Muse Records  MR 5115

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‘Producing’ the jazz I was involved with was a misnomer, it was actually ‘recording supervision.’ I mean, what was an a rock’n’roll playing, 26 year old kid from the suburbs going to tell a master musician to do? Play faster? Better? The records weren’t always what I would’ve wanted, but they reflected the vision of the artist. That was my job.

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SIDE A
Forest Flower

This Masquerade

Half Pass

Three Flowers

SIDE B
Windflower

Passionn Flower

A Third Away

Take the A Train

Forest Flower (reprise)

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Richard Davis: bass
Bill Lee: bass
Marvin Hannibal Peterson: trumpet
Ted Dunbar: guitar
Consuela Moore: piano
Freddie Waits: drums
James Spaulding: alto saxophone, flute

Recorded at CI Recording
110 West 57th Street
New York City
May 3 & 16, 1977

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Copyrights and masters owned by their respective owners. I’m posting many of my out-of-print record productions from the 1970s. If any of them are re-released, or the copyright owners object, I’ll delete the posts.

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Junior Cook
Good Cookin’
Muse Records MR 5159

Produced by Fred Seibert

SIDE A
1. JC

2. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You

3. Play Together Again

SIDE B
1. Waltz for Junior

2. I Waited For You

3. Mood

Junior Cook /tenor saxophone
Walter Booker /bass
Al Dailey /piano
Slide Hampton /trombone
Bill Hardman /trumpet, flugelhorn
Mario Rivera /baritone saxophone
Leroy Williams /drums
Arrangements: Slide Hampton

Produced by Fred Seibert
Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studios, Englewood Cliffs NJ, on June 17th, 1979
Cover Design: Mark Larson
Cover Photo: Carol Friedman

Muse Records MR 5159

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Liner Notes

This album dramatizes the importance of giving more attention to virile, genuinely creative musicians who have paid their dues many times over and are regarded highly by their peers.  Casting Junior Cook with leadership credits and rights at this late date is emblematic of the conspicuous lack of opportunity for proper recognition, especially in this era of overnight “stardom” and excessive recording…  and of the void Muse is helping to fill.

Juinor Cook has been cookin’ with his hot tenor for over twenty years.  During his long tenure [Read more…]

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David S. Ware
Birth of a Being
hat HUT Records

Recorded April 14 & 15, 1977
C.I. Recording, New York
Engineer: Fred Seibert
LP Released 1979

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Side One
1. Prayer (10:50)

2. Thematic Womb (16:35)

Side Two
1. A Primary Piece #1 (13:45)

2. A Primary Piece #2 (11:45)

David S. Ware: tenor sax, composer
Gene Y. Ashton [aka Cooper-Moore]: piano
Marc D. Edwards: drums

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Copyrights and masters owned by their respective owners. I’m posting many of my out-of-print record productions from the 1970s. If any of them are re-released, or the copyright owners object, I’ll delete the posts.