Charles Tolliver / Music Inc & Orchestra – Impact (Pure Pleasure / Strata East) LP

Product Description

Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London

Trumpeter/flügelhornist Charles Tolliver often straddled the line between the lyricism of hard bop and the adventurous nature of the avant-garde. Released in 1975, Impact contained a stimulating progressive edge within an energetic large band (14 horns, eight strings, and rhythm section) format. Tolliver’s arrangements are consistently bright and build momentum, while the soloists are given sufficient room to manoeuvre through the multiple textures. Featured soloists in the remarkable reed section include Charles McPherson, James Spaulding, George Coleman, and Harold Vick. By Al Campbell

Personnel:
CHARLES TOLLIVER, trumpet/flugelhorn/ STANLEY COWELL, piano
CECIL McBEE*, bass /REGGIE WORKMAN**, bass /CLINT HOUSTON***, bass /CLIFFORD BARBARO, drums /WARREN SMITH, percussion/chimes
(on Impact and Mournin’ Variations) /BILLY PARKER, percussion (on Impact only) BIG BLACK, congas (on Impact only) on Impact (Arco), Lynnsome, Mournin’ Variations (Pizzicato) on Mother Wit, Mournin’ Variations (Arco)
on Impact (Pizzicato), Grand Max, Plight

Reeds:
CHARLES McPHEARSON, alto sax JAMES SPAULDING, alto sax/soprano sax piccolo/flute
GEORGE COLEMAN, tenor sax
HAROLD VICK, tenor sax/soprano sax/flute CHARLES DAVIS, baritone sax

Trumpets: JOHN FADDIS/RICHARD WILLIAMS/JIMMY OWENS/LARRY GREENWICH/VIRGIL JONES
Trombones: GARNETT BROWN/JOHN GORDON/KIANE ZAWADI/JACK JEFFERS

Strings:
GAYLE DIXON/NOEL daCOSTA /1st violins WINSTON COLLYMORE/NOEL POINTER/ 2nd violins ASHLEY RICHARDSON/JULIUS MILLER, violas
PATRICIA DIXON/EDITH WINT PORTER, cellos

Produced by Charles Tolliver

Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios, January 17, 1975

Recording Engineer George Klabin

FORMAT: 180 gram LP x 1
Standard sleeve

Tracklist:

Side A: 1. Impact 2. Mother Wit 3. Grand Max

Side B: 1. Plight 2. Lynnsome 3. Mournin’ Variations

Pure Pleasure / Strata East SES-19757