The Time lineup includes Tini on keys, drummer Danny Spencer, bassist Ron Brooks, conguero George Pardo, and chamber strings. It was produced by Charles Moore. Nozero composed one tune and co-wrote the spacy, vanguard "Two Worlds" with Tini. The keyboardist composed three individual works. Also included are innovative versions of the standards "All the Things You Are" and "Baubles Bangles and Beads." The opener, Tini's "Reflections of My Past," is introduced by chime-like chords on Rhodes piano before Nozero's flute articulates the melody backed by Brooks, Spencer, and Pardo. Strings enter in the second chorus, adding dimension to Nozero's gorgeous solo. "Tony" is an expressionist pairing of tenor saxophone and strings. Nozero's interaction is seamless as he responds to their restrained harmonics with soulful, imaginative, and bluesy blowing. The two-part "Chronicle of a Murdered House" is the album's hinge piece. Its first entry is incantatory with melodic saxophone, rolling tom-toms, ghostly bells, and a minimal bassline. Nozero's playing approaches Gato Barbieri's score for Last Tango in Paris. It serves as an intro to the second part, which weds samba, bossa, and hard bop as the jazz quintet interacts with a pillowy string section and Tini lays out a gloriously funky and warm Rhodes piano solo. Tini's "Tune for L.N." is wondrously funky yet elegant. The bumping bass, congas, and rimshot snares meet a raw, wordless vocalese under swirling, distorted Rhodes piano, soaring flute, and a deep, funky bassline in dialogue with both drummers. Tini's "Impressions of My Lady" is a vulnerable, evocative ballad with graceful, elegant, harmonic abstractions. The classical vocal intro to the standard "All the Things You Are" offers scatted vocalese and Tini's clavinet that sounds like a harpsichord. Immediately after, Nozero leads the band straight into high-flying bebop as he sprints through the melody and solo. Closer "Baubles Bangles & Beads" is initially unrecognizable. It's deeply funky, its melody gets striated under Tini's Sergio Mendes-esque piano vamp and samba-style vocalese. (Nozero played with Mendes for a time and absorbed his successful experiments in melding Brazilian music to pop, soul, and jazz.) Time is rightfully considered a Detroit jazz classic. After DJ Amir reclaimed Strata in 2012, the label's expanded reach transformed the album's availability; it's a highly sought-after, international jazz classic that sounds like no other recording from the era. ~ by Thom Jurek, AMG.
Strata Records, Inc., SRI-109-75,
1975
Recorded 10th December, 1973
at Pac Three Studios, Dearborn;
and Strata Sound Studios,
Detroit, Michigan
Musicians:
Larry Nozero - Tenor Sax,
Soprano Sax, Flute, Arranger (#3-4)
Dennis Tini - Fender Rhodes,
Clavinet [Hohner D6], Hohner String Vox,
Vocals, Arranger (#3-4,7)
Ron Brooks - Bass
Muruga Sharma - Percussion
George Pardo - Congas
Pat Appleman - Cello
Halina Lia, Kathie Spratt,
Lorraine Periman, Zaida George - Violin
Jeff Steinberg - Arranger
[Strings] (#1,3-4,6)
Tracks:
1. Reflections Of My Past
{Dennis Tini} (3:58)
2. Tony {Larry Nozero} (4:36)
3-4. Chronicle Of The
Murdered House {Antônio Carlos Jobim} (8:50)
5. Tune For L.N. {Dennis
Tini} (5:44)
6. Impressions Of My Lady
{Dennis Tini} (3:00)
7. All The Things You Are
{Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern} (2:17)
8. Two Worlds {Larry Nozero,
Dennis Tini} (5:52)
9. Baubles, Bangles &
Beads {George Forrest, Robert Wright} (4:29)
Total Time: 38:46
Note: Original tracks 3 &
4 joined at intersection
Chronicle Of The Murdered
House = Part I & II
Approx. 3:54 + 4:56
Credits:
Producer, Recording &
Remix Engineer - Charles Moore
Recording Engineer - Bud
Spangler, Richard Becker [Pac-3]
Recording, Technical
Assistance - Joe Holdreith [Strata Sound]
Mastering Engineer - Bob
Dennis [HDH Sound Studios]
Production Coordinator -
Krista English
Art Direction - Rainbow
Productions
Design, Liner Notes – John
Sinclair
Cover Photograph, Production
- Leni Sinclair
Liner Photograph - Clyde
Stringer
