The Rise of Atlantis

by Carter Jefferson

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Timeless
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:04
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stepping out from his role as an elite sideman for Woody Shaw and Art Blakey, Carter Jefferson delivers a phenomenal solo debut with 'The Rise of Atlantis'. The saxophonist commands a fiercely swinging, highly energetic post-bop set enriched by subtle Afro-Latin percussion and soulful hard bop arrangements. The album firmly establishes his immense prowess as both a composer and a searing improvisational soloist.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, fast, improvisational, spirituality, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Why (7:27)
  2. The Rise Of Atlantis (6:58)
  3. Wind Chimes (6:58)
  4. Changing Trains (4:58)
  5. Song For Gwen (7:23)
  6. Blues For Wood (6:18)

Credits

  • Carter Jefferson - primary artist, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, written-by
  • Clint Houston - bass, written-by
  • Steve Thornton - congas, percussion
  • Victor Lewis - drums, written-by
  • Terumasa Hino - flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Kees Grijpink - lacquer cut by
  • Harry Whitaker - piano
  • John Hicks - piano

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