Very happy to have been able to add this one to the collection. This is the first album Charles Tolliver recorded with his quartet Music Inc. Recorded in 1969 and first released on the British label Polydor in 1970. At this time the quartet consisted of Tolliver on trumpet, Stanley Cowell on piano, Steve Novosel on double bass and Jimmy Hopps on drums. Tolliver and Cowell would soon after go on to found the Strata-East label in 1971.
The music is sublime. Lovely post-bop. The sound is also outstanding. Very well recorded. Probably one of my best sounding stereo records. The condition of the vinyl is NM. Sounds unplayed.
Some favorite tunes are; ”On The Nile”, an over 12 minute long composition by Tolliver (all compositions are his) which incorporates oriental flavors (which I’m a sucker for) and features a trumpet display that is otherworldly. The trumpet playing throughout this album is some of the best I’ve heard. Another favorite is the dynamic ”Mother Wit”.
If you dig Tolliver, for me, this is an absolute must have.