Saheb Sarbib

Seasons is a live quartet album led by bassist Saheb Sarbib, recorded at New York University on November 5, 1981 and released by Soul Note in 1982. Two saxophonists share the front line, Mark Whitecage on alto and Mel Ellison on alto, soprano and tenor, with Paul Motian on drums. There is no pianist in the regular sense: Sarbib himself is credited on piano as well as bass. Seven of the eight pieces are his, and the eighth is Round Trip by Ornette Coleman.

The concert was taped in the Eisner & Lubin Auditorium at NYU by engineer Kazunori Sugiyama, the same engineer who recorded Jemeel Moondoc's trio at the university four days later for Judy's Bounce. Sarbib produced the album, and the tapes were remixed by Richard Brownstein at Howard Schwartz Recording in New York; Michael Shore wrote the liner notes and Giovanni Bonandrini was executive producer. The set is made of short, tightly framed pieces: none of the eight tracks reaches seven minutes, and Aries' Dance is over in under three. Nymph Of Darkness is the longest at 6:39, while Living Right On Central Park and the title piece sit in the second half of the program next to the Coleman tune.

This is the Soul Note CD 121048-2 of the album first released on LP in 1982 as SN 1048.