Emergency!

About

The Tony Williams Lifetime was founded in 1969 as a power trio with John McLaughlin on electric guitar, and Larry Young (aka Khalid Yasin) on organ. The band was possibly named for Williams' debut album as a bandleader, Life Time, released on Blue Note in 1964. Its debut album was Emergency!, a double album released on Polydor/PolyGram Records in 1969. It was largely rejected by jazz listeners at the time of its release because of its heavy rock influence, but it is now looked upon as a fusion classic. Emergency! is a double album by The Tony Williams Lifetime. Released in 1969, it was the group's first album and one of the first significant jazz fusion recording. It has commonly been regarded as a pioneering, influential, and original album in the jazz, rock, and fusion genre. It was issued on CD first by Polydor featuring a drastically altered digital remix and then later in remastered form featuring the original vinyl mix by Verve. A later CD edition (also using the original vinyl mix) was issued in the UK by Esoteric Record. In the album, the band experiments with a wide range of genre, including funk, psychedelic rock, hard bop, blues and free jazz. Williams can also be heard singing on the record, on the songs "Beyond Game," "Where," "Via the Spectrum Road," and "Sangria for Three." It was during John McLaughlin's tenure with the band that Williams introduced the young guitarist to Miles Davi, who was conducting his own fusion explorations at the time. This introduction led to McLaughlin playing on some of Davis's most acclaimed and influential album, including In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, A Tribute to Jack Johnson, and On the Corner. Davis had a particular influence on the band, as Williams had played in his "Second Great Quintet" with Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Herbie Hancock, and Larry Young would go on to record on Bitches Brew. Track listing 01 - "Emergency" (Williams) – 9:35 02 - "Beyond Games" (Williams) – 8:17 03 - "Where" (McLaughlin) – 12:10 04 - "Vashkar" (Bley) – 4:59 05 - "Via the Spectrum Road" (McLaughlin, Williams) – 7:49 06 - "Spectrum" (McLaughlin) – 8:50 07 - "Sangria for Three" (Williams) – 13:07 08 - "Something Special" (Herman) – 5:37 ________________________________________________ Personnel John McLaughlin – Guitar Tony Williams – Drum, vocals Larry Young – Organ .

via Last.fm

The Clerk says

Start your shelf to read the full take →