★Blue Tower Records
Up Umeå
1999 release ** "As John Corbett argues in his liner notes, this session, recorded in 1969 (but not released until 1999) at the national Swedish TV studio, is a fascinating document of European free jazz. Phil Minton hasn't yet developed the timbral serialism and lightning speed of his later vocal work, but he hollers and trumpets with gusto. Minton's grandiose arrangements owe a debt to John Coltrane's Africa/Brass, but they have a special dignity too."