Nova
by Steve Reid
- Type: Album
- Released: 1976
- Label: Mustevic Sound
- Country: United States
- Length: 31:00
- Community rating: 3.98/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Richard Williams
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A key document of the 1970s loft jazz scene, 'Nova' is a raw and powerful piece of independent, Afro-centric free jazz. The music is centered on the explosive, polyrhythmic drumming of leader Steve Reid, who had played with everyone from James Brown to Sun Ra. The album is a journey of pure energy, driven by Reid's propulsive rhythms and featuring fiery saxophone work and soaring, wordless vocals. It's a vital example of the spiritual and revolutionary music being made outside the mainstream record industry.
Genres
Descriptors: spirituality, percussive, groove-laden, repetitive, rhythmic
Tracklist
- Nova (10:30)
- Lions of Juda (4:00)
- Free Spirits (10:00)
- Long Time Black (6:30)
Credits
- Steve Reid - primary artist, drums [gretsch], cymbal [avedis zildjian], producer, written-by
- The Legendary Master Brotherhood - primary artist, arranged by
- Luis Angel Falcon - acoustic bass
- Joe Rigby - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, written-by
- Brenda Reid - design [cover design], layout
- Richard Williams - electric bass [fender]
- Ali Abuwi - engineer [recording engineer]
- Mustevic Sound Inc. - management, executive-producer
- Abdul Gamal - photography by
- Big George - photography by
- Les Walker - piano, organ [electric], written-by
- Les Ledo - remix [remixed by]
- Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet, written-by
- Joe Falcon - written-by