It's Not Up to Us

by Byard Lancaster

It's Not Up to Us cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1968
  • Label: Vortex
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:13
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Making his debut as a bandleader, the formidable alto saxophonist and flutist enlisted the renowned guitarist Sonny Sharrock to help craft this exceptional avant-garde session. The quartet navigates incredibly dense, high-velocity free jazz explorations that seamlessly integrate complex Afro-Latin percussion and profound spiritual depth.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. It's Not Up To Us (4:46)
  2. Last Summer (3:21)
  3. Misty (4:59)
  4. John's Children (6:01)
  5. Mr. A.A. (4:18)
  6. Dogtown (4:09)
  7. Over The Rainbow (4:36)
  8. Satan (9:03)

Credits

  • Byard Lancaster - primary artist, flute, sleeve notes [poem on sleeve], alto saxophone, written-by
  • Jerome Hunter - bass, bass [fender], written-by
  • Keno Speller - congas
  • Eric Gravatt - drums
  • Sonny Sharrock - guitar, written-by
  • Erroll Garner - written-by
  • Johnny Burke - written-by
  • Harold Arlen - written-by

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