Tribe

by Horacee Arnold

Tribe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 47:46
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The American jazz drummer's debut as a bandleader is an incredibly complex, highly rhythmic exploration of acoustic post-bop and burgeoning electric fusion. Featuring a phenomenal supporting cast that includes Ralph Towner and Joe Farrell, the sophisticated arrangements effortlessly navigate intense avant-garde improvisations and tight, shifting grooves. It remains a deeply respected, highly technical milestone in progressive 1970s jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, experimental, fusion, improvisation, polyrhythmic, percussive

Tracklist

  1. Tribe (10:15)
  2. Banyan Dance (7:33)
  3. Forest Games (2:26)
  4. Orchards Of Engedi (10:43)
  5. The Actor (6:55)
  6. Professor Moriarty (0:41)
  7. 500 Miles High (9:13)

Credits

  • George Mraz - bass
  • Ralph MacDonald - congas [conga drums], percussion [latin percussion]
  • Joe Farrell - flute, alto flute, soprano saxophone
  • Billy Harper - tenor saxophone
  • Ralph Towner - twelve-string guitar
  • David Friedman - vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, percussion
  • Gilbert Stone - illustration

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