This album is ten
Conversations among ourselves. There are no solos with accompaniment, just
three people playing together somewhat in the tradition of older style jazz
musicians - but with a contemporary language. It is the blending of electronic
and acoustical sounds, contemporary and jazz-rooted improvisation, the sounds
of metal and reeds (the horns), membranephones (animal skin drum heads),
percussion and the pure ways of the moog synthesizer. There is no overdubbing,
when you hear synthesizer and percussion, they are played together in order to
capture the most important element of this album - the human element. ~ Joe
Gallivan.
Ogun Records, OG 610, 1977
Recorded February, 1977 in
London, England
Musicians:
Elton Dean - Alto Saxophone,
Saxello
Kenny Wheeler - Trumpet,
Flugelhorn
Joe Gallivan - Synthesizer,
Drums, Percussion
Tracks:
A1. In Spite Of It {Dean,
Wheeler, Gallivan} (2:31)
A2. Steps {Dean, Wheeler,
Gallivan} (3:48)
A3. First Team {Dean,
Wheeler, Gallivan} (3:38)
A4. Ragadagger {Dean,
Wheeler, Gallivan} (4:06)
A5. To The Sun {Dean,
Wheeler, Gallivan} (8:20)
B1. Off Your Beaver {Dean,
Wheeler, Gallivan} (3:22)
B2. Appropo {Dean, Wheeler,
Gallivan} (6:59)
B3. Fragment Of Memory {Dean,
Wheeler, Gallivan} (2:18)
B4. No Bounds {Dean, Wheeler,
Gallivan} (4:21)
B5. Time Test {Dean, Wheeler,
Gallivan} (3:14)
Credits:
Producer - Joe Gallivan in
Co-operation with Elton Dean
Mixing - Ron Eve (February,
1977, London)
Mastering - Brian C. East
