Azar Lawrence – Bridge Into The New Age (Jazz Dispensary) LP

Product Description

– First ever 180-gram vinyl reissue
– Lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
– Vinyl housed in an old-school style heavyweight jacket
– Includes Jazz Dispensary “Authorized Dealer” window cling

Long out of print, this is an absolute masterwork from Azar Lawrence (ts). Expansive, forward-leaning, richly textured, and powerfully knotty, this spiritual-tinged outing features heavyweights Julian Priester (tb), Woody Shaw (t), Ray Straughter and Hadley Caliman (f), Arthur Blythe (as), Joe Bonner (p), Clint Houston and John Heard (b), Billy Hart (d), Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, Mtume, Guillerme Franco, and Kenneth Nash (perc), Woody Murray (v), and the inimitable Jean Carn (voc). Essential.

Musicians:
Azar Lawrence, soprano and tenor saxes
On “Bridge Into The New Age” & “The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love”:
Jean Carn, voice
Woody Shaw, trumpet
(Shams) Ray Straughter, wood flute (“The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love” only)
Woody Murray, vibes
Clint Houston, bass
Billy Hart, drums
Guillerme Franco, percussion
Kenneth Nash, percussion (during the chanted introduction to “The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love”)
On “Warriors Of Peace” & “Forces Of Nature”:
Julian Priester, trombone (“Forces Of Love” only)
Hadley Caliman, flute (“Forces Of Love” only)
Black Arthur, alto sax
Joe Bonner, piano
John Heard, bass
Ndugu, drums
Mtume, conga drums, percussion
Kenneth Nash, percussion (“Warriors Of Peace” only)
“Fatisha” is played by Azar Lawrence, Joe Bonner and Kenneth Nash only

Selections:

Side A:
1. Bridge Into The New Age
2. Fatisha
3. Warriors Of Peace
Side B:
1. Forces Of Nature
2. The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love

Jazz Dispensary / Prestige FAN 0107