Impact

by Charles Tolliver

Impact cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Strata-East
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:59
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Trumpeter Charles Tolliver expands his formidable Music Inc. group into a massive 14-piece ensemble for the ambitious 'Impact'. Released on the fiercely independent Strata-East label, the album is a triumphant, polyrhythmic fusion of progressive big band orchestration and complex third stream architectures.

Genres

Descriptors: jamming, polyrhythm, improvisation, complex, ensemble, soulful, rhythmic, virtuosic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Impact (7:58)
  2. Mother Wit (8:21)
  3. Grand Max (6:22)
  4. Plight (9:47)
  5. Lynnsome (7:18)
  6. Mournin' Variations (8:13)

Credits

  • Charles McPherson - alto saxophone, soloist, alto saxophone
  • James Spaulding - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, piccolo flute, flute, soloist, alto saxophone
  • Ted Plair - artwork [graphics]
  • Charles Davis - baritone saxophone
  • Cecil McBee - bass
  • Clint Houston - bass
  • Reggie Workman - bass

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