Monday, August 19, 2024

Snake oil (Tony Williams) (LP 2677)

The New Tony Williams Lifetime  Believe It (Vinyl, Columbia Records, 1975) ****  

GenreJazz fusion 

Places I remember: Real Groovy Records

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Red Alert

Gear costume: Fred

Active compensatory factors: I've been looking for records by jazz fusion drummer Tony Williams for a while but then I read an interview with him in Jenny Boyd's book and the hunt intensified. He's a very articulate guy!

He's joined in this version of his Lifetime band by Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Alan Pasqua on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass.

They can play it intense (Mr Spock) or loose (Fred) and everywhere in between. The interplay between all four is the real feature of the album.

Where do they all belong? Yes, on the lookout for more!

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