Long out-of-print, this is an absolute masterwork from Azar Lawrence (ts). Expansive, forward-leaning, richly textured, and powerfully knotty, this spiritual-tinged outing features heavyweights Julian Priester (tb), Woody Shaw (t), Ray Straughter and Hadley Caliman (f), Arthur Blythe (as), Joe Bonner (p), Clint Houston and John Heard (b), Billy Hart (d), Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Mtume, Guillerme Franco, and Kenneth Nash (per), Woody Murray (v), and the inimitable Jean Carn (voc). Essential.
Release Date:
November 11, 2017
November 11, 2017
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Tracklist:
Side A
Bridge Into The New Age
Fatisha
Warriors Of Peace
Side B
Forces Of Nature
The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love
Credits:
Art Direction – Phil Carroll
Engineer – Eddie Harris*
Illustration [Cover] – Vincent Hollier
Lacquer Cut By – Kevin Gray
Photography By – Phil Bray
Producer – Jim Stern, Orrin Keepnews
Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Azar Lawrence
