Ricky Ford
Loxodonta Africana (CD)
FormatCDLabelNew World RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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From 1977, seven tunes, five of them by Ricky Ford, the then 23-year-old tenor saxophonist and member of the Charles Mingus band and leader of the session. Accompanied by bassist extraordinaire Richard Davis and the great Dannie Richmond, Ford leads the band through mostly hard-swinging, straight-ahead compositions steeped in the jazz tradition but speaking a contemporary language -- a result of the distinctly audible influence of Mingus. Great compositions and strong improvising from the soloists. Liner notes by renowned composer and jazz historian Gunther Schuller.
Format
Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, 30th Street, NYC
℗ 1977 © 1997 Recorded Anthology Of American Music, Inc.
Made in U.S.A.
Printed in USA
This recording was originally released as New World LP NW
The original recording was made possible with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This recording was also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency and a grant from Francis Goelet.
This album is dedicated to the memory of Percy Marion.
CD is packaged in a standard plastic black-tray jewel case along with an 8-page, stapled booklet, notes in English.
Release notes
Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, 30th Street, NYC ℗ 1977 © 1997 Recorded Anthology Of American Music, Inc. Made in U.S.A. Printed in USA This recording was originally released as New World LP NW The original recording was made possible with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. This recording was also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency…
| 1 | Loxodonta Africana | 4:37 | |
| 2 | Ucil | 5:07 | |
| 3 | Blues Peru | 4:55 | |
| 4 | Dexter | 5:39 | |
| 5 | My Romance | 8:26 | |
| 6 | One Up, One Down | 4:19 | |
| 7 | Aerolinos | 6:53 |
- James Spaulding
- Alto Saxophone (2, 6)
- Paul Jeffrey
- Arranged By (2, 6)
- Ricky Ford
- Arranged By (1, 3 to 5, 7), Tenor Saxophone
- Bob Defrin Design, Inc., NYC
- Cover [Design]
- Richard Davis
- Double Bass
- Dannie Richmond
- Drums
- Buddy Graham
- Engineer [Editing]
- Stan Tonkel
- Engineer [Recording, Mixing]
- Paul Zinman
- Mastered By [Digital Mastering]
- Bob Neloms
- Piano
- Michael Cuscuna
- Producer
- Gunther Schuller
- Supervised By [Production], Liner Notes
- Janice Robinson
- Trombone (2, 6)
- Charles Sullivan
- Trumpet
- Oliver Breener
- Trumpet
- Jonathan Dorn
- Tuba (2, 6)
