Tribal Dance
by Henry Franklin
- Type: Album
- Released: 1977
- Label: Catalyst
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:20
- Community rating: 3.95/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Bassist Henry Franklin, known as 'The Skipper', leads a transcendent session of deep spiritual jazz on 'Tribal Dance'. The album weaves complex modal structures and intense rhythmic propulsion with sweeping, emotive horn lines and vocal chants. It remains a deeply revered masterwork of the 1970s West Coast underground jazz scene.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Tribal Dance (6:01)
- Eric's Rune (7:55)
- For Penny (6:19)
- Spring Song (7:35)
- Cosmos Dwellers (10:34)
- Prime Mover (5:52)
Credits
- Henry Franklin - primary artist, bass, written-by
- Sonship Theus - drums, congas, gong, bells
- Kenny Climax - guitar
- Dwight Dickerson - piano
- Charles Owens - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, english horn, flute, written-by
- Al Hall - trombone, horn [baritone], percussion, written-by
- Jerry Rush - trumpet, flugelhorn
- James Knapp - written-by