Glenn Spearman Double Trio: Glenn Spearman and Larry Ochs (saxophones), Donald Robinson and William Winant (drums), Chris Brown (piano), Lisle Ellis (bass), recorded at Bay Studios, Berkeley, on November 15-16, 1994.
Recorded live at Slim’s in San Francisco, Mindfulness is the brilliant soundscape created by drummer William Hooker, along with Glenn Spearman on tenor saxophone and DJ Olive. The five Hooker compositions flow into each other, one after another, seamlessly, as if to take the listener on a musical voyage through time and space. The layers of vibrant sound, accompanied by trashing drums and shrieking sax show the incredible ability of each musician to take their instrumental vocabulary to a new le…