Vista

by Marion Brown

Vista cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1975
  • Label: Impulse!
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:22
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Saxophonist Marion Brown explores highly accessible, groove-oriented territory on 'Vista', marking a departure from his intense free jazz origins. The album heavily features lush instrumentation, utilizing electric piano and warm soul-jazz arrangements laced with deep spiritual jazz undertones.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, fusion, saxophone, soulful, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Maimoun (7:33)
  2. Visions (5:40)
  3. Vista (7:44)
  4. Moment Of Truth (4:36)
  5. Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim (6:02)
  6. Djinji (9:45)

Credits

  • Marion Brown - primary artist, alto saxophone, wind chimes, written-by
  • Reggie Workman - bass
  • Harold Budd - celesta [celestes], gong, written-by
  • Jimmy Hopps - drums, cymbal
  • Ed Blackwell - drums, slit drum
  • Bill Braynon - piano, celesta [celestes], electric piano [rmi], written-by
  • Anthony Davis - piano, electric piano [fender rhodes]
  • Stanley Cowell - piano, electric piano [fender rhodes], mbira, written-by

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