Weldon Irvine – Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine) (Pure Pleasure) LP

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

After two visionary LPs for his own tiny Nodlew label, Weldon Irvine signed to RCA for Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine), exploring the deeply spiritual and political terrain of his previous efforts on the kind of grand musical scale that major-label funding accommodates. This is a big, bold record by any measure, with a startlingly pronounced focus on lyrics and vocals. At the same time, however, the melodies spread out like tentacles, informed by the improvisational sensibilities of jazz and the deep-groove spirit of funk – Jason Ankeny/AMG

FORMAT: 180 gram vinyl

Tracklist:

Side 1:
1. Love Your Brother: Backing Vocals – Ojuleb /Bass – Bob Cranshaw
Bongos – Bud Johnson, Jr./ Drums – Wesley ‘Gator’ Watson /Electric Piano – Weldon Irvine / Flute – Bill Barnwell / Guitar – Henry Grate, Jr. / Percussion – Napoleon Revels / Tenor Saxophone – Gene Jefferson / Trumpet – Jimmy Owens, Roy Roman / Vocals, Backing Vocals – Nalo

2. Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk: Bass – Gordon Edwards / Congas – Bud Johnson, Jr. / Drums – Jim Young* / Electric Piano, Clavinet, Soprano Saxophone – Weldon Irvine / Flute – Bill Barnwell / Guitar – Cornell Dupree / Percussion – Napoleon Revels / Soloist, Trumpet [1st Solo] – Everett ‘Blood’ Hollins / Soloist, Trumpet [2nd Solo] – Jimmy Owens

3. Love Jones: Bass – George Murray / Clavinet, Organ, Vocals – Weldon Irvine
Congas – Bud Johnson, Jr. / Drums – Wesley ‘Gator’ Watson / Guitar – Henry Grate, Jr. / Percussion – Napoleon Revels / Vocals – Nalo, Ojuleba

4. I’ll Name It Tomorrow: Bass – Bob Cranshaw / Clavinet, Organ, Tambourine – Weldon Irvine / Drums – Wesley ‘Gator’ Watson / Guitar – Henry Grate, Jr.

Side 2:
1. Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine): Alto Flute – Bill Barnwell/ Bass – Bob Cranshaw / Drums – Lenny White / Electric Piano, Clavinet – Weldon Irvine
Guitar – Joe Caro / Trumpet – Everett ‘Blood’ Hollins

2 Quiet (In Memory Of Duke Ellington): Bass – Bob Cranshaw / Flute, Flute [Alto] – Bill Barnwell / Piano, Electric Piano, Melodica, Triangle – Weldon Irvine

3. Let Yourself Be Free: Bass – Bob Cranshaw / Congas – Bud Johnson, Jr. / Cowbell – Howard Grate / Drums – Chipper Lyles / Electric Piano, Piano, Organ – Weldon Irvine / Flute – Bill Barnwell / Percussion – Napoleon Revels / Tenor Saxophone – Gene Jefferson / Trumpet – Everett ‘Blood’ Hollins, Jimmy Owens, Roy Roman

4. Love Your Brother (Sanctified Version) Bass – Bob Cranshaw / Clavinet, Piano – Weldon Irvine / Drums – Wesley ‘Gator’ Watson / Trumpet, Vocals – Everett ‘Blood’ Hollins / Vocals – Nalo, Ojuleba

Recording Engineer and Mixed By – Jim Crotty
Producer, Arranged By, Conductor, Composed By – Weldon J. Irvine, Jr.*

Recorded in RCA’s Studio ‘D’, New York City, 1974

Pure Pleasure PPAN APL1-0703