Alternate Spaces

by Cecil McBee

Alternate Spaces cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: India Navigation
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:23
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Showcasing the legendary bassist in a commanding leadership role, 'Alternate Spaces' delivers a fiery set of post-bop and spiritual jazz. Accompanied by heavyweights like Chico Freeman and Don Pullen, McBee anchors the sprawling improvisations with his muscular, deeply resonant tone. The session is widely celebrated for its profound acoustic interplay and fierce dedication to the avant-garde traditions of the era.

Genres

Descriptors: improvised, experimental, avant-garde, bassy, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Alternate Spaces (9:05)
  2. Consequence (8:15)
  3. Come Sunrise (6:43)
  4. Sorta, Kinda Blue (4:07)
  5. Expression (7:13)

Credits

  • Cecil McBee - primary artist, bass, composed by [all compositions by]
  • Allen Nelson - drums
  • Famoudou Don Moye - percussion
  • Don Pullen - piano
  • Johannes Brahms - sleeve notes
  • Chico Freeman - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
  • Joe Gardner - trumpet

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