We use cookies on our website to provide you with the best experience. Most of these are essential and already present.
We do require your explicit consent to save your cart and browsing history between visits. Read about cookies we use here.
Your cart and preferences will not be saved if you leave the site.
play
Out of stock

Muhal Richard Abrams, Malachi Favors

Sightsong (LP)

Label: Black Saint

Format: LP

Genre: Jazz

Out of stock

The reputation of members of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), of which Abrams is a founding member, has long been one of adventurous, dangerous, and difficult music. But in fact, much of the music created out of this organization shows enormous appreciation of the blues and earlier jazz forms. Sightsong is a splendid case in point. The album opens with four duets (two dedicated to Chicago legends Wilbur Ware and Johnny Griffin) which have a swing, a groove, and a delicacy that no fan of "straight-ahead" jazz could ignore. Favors, always one of the great underrated bassists in the music, provides a thick, soulful pulse and solos with huge imagination while Abrams always stays within the song's parameters which provide ample room for his creativity. As fine as these more "traditional" numbers are, the standout piece is perhaps Favors' solo feature, the wonderfully titled "Way Way Way Down Yonder." Opening with what sounds like the riffled pages of a book, Favors then states the deep, bluesy theme with strutting authority and proceeds through one of the richest investigations of the string bass the listener is ever likely to hear. Sightsong is one of Abrams's finest recordings and is also perhaps the best showcase for Malachi Favors' talents outside of his seminal work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. - Brian Olewnick, All Music

 

Details
Cat. number: BSR 0003
Year: 2023
Notes:
Modern reissue with black and white labels. The labels don't have the SIAE stamps, there is no distribution company mentioned on the the back of the sleeve (as opposed to the original "Distributed By – Harmony S.R.L.") nor "Made in Italy". A1 - Dedicated to Wilbur Ware A2 - Dedicated to Johnny Griffin B3 - Dedicated to the A.A.C.M. Recorded October 13-14/1975 at Generation Sound Studios, New York.