Moonscapes

by Bennie Maupin

Type: Album
Released: 1978
Label: Mercury
Country: United States
Length: 32:43
Community rating: 3.49/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following his celebrated work with Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, the visionary woodwind player delivers a deeply grooving solo project. 'Moonscapes' fuses sophisticated jazz arrangements with heavy, synthesizer-driven funk, showcasing Maupin's distinctive bass clarinet work amidst highly rhythmic, polished production.

Genres

Jazz-Funk

Descriptors: Fusion, fusion, atmospheric, instrumental, synthesizers, ambient

Tracklist

Credits

Bennie Maupin - primary artist, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, marimba [bass], glockenspiel, synthesizer [eu synthesizer, computone synthersizer winddriver], written-by, arranged by
Michael Sembello - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Betye Saar - artwork [front cover collage]
Abraham Laboriel - bass
Mingo Lewis - congas, percussion [miscellaneous]
Harvey Mason - drums
Bobby Lyle - piano, electric piano, clavinet
Beverly Bellows - harp
Onaje Allan Gumbs - Arranged By, Written-By, Electric Piano
Derrick Youman - Vocals