Steve Coleman • Robin Eubanks • Greg Osby • Cassandra Wilson - Flashback on M-Base

Flashback on M-Base es una compilación de temas pertenecientes a diferentes álbumes de artistas enrolados en el por entonces naciente (todavía hoy no suficientemente apreciado) colectivo M-Base.

Para hacer honor a este conjunto de intérpretes, es necesario señalar que no es solo una recopilación de piezas bien tocadas: Steve Coleman y sus secuaces surgieron en la escena de jazz de principios de los ochentas para sonar de un modo que no se había hecho antes.

Pueden escuchar a Steve Coleman y Greg Osby en Micro-Move soleando en el saxo alto sin acompañamiento: ¡eso es o no es tener swing! Apenas cuatro minutos. Suficiente.

To Perpetuate the Funk parece el aria de una ópera. Una oda al funk por Steve Coleman.

Silent Attitude muestra a Greg Osby zigzagueando con su exquisito saxofón, escoltado por la genial Geri Allen en sintetizadores.

Rock This Calling cuenta con la presencia de la formidable Cassandra Wilson. Nadie puede ser indiferente cuando Cassandra canta.

No quieren perderse a los hermanos Eubanks: Robin (trombón y teclados) y Kevin (guitarras) "cocinando" en Midtown.

Another Level es el momento de reunir al rebaño, el padre Coleman está llamando a misa y es la última oportunidad para asistir a la congregación de los fieles del free-funk: a dúo con el baterista Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Steve Coleman derrocha clase, hace gala de una elegancia que no sabe de límites.****

1.Micro-Move 4:17

Steve Coleman alto saxophone

Greg Osby alto saxophone

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, March 1988

2.Never Give Up 5:00

Robin Eubanks trombone, electric trombone

Greg Osby alto saxophone

Kevin Eubanks electric guitar

Renee Rosnes keyboards

Lonnie Plaxico electric bass

Marvin "Smitty" Smith drums

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, May 1990

3.To Perpetuate The Funk 4:37

Steve Coleman alto saxophone

D K Dyson vocals

Robin Eubanks trombone

Graham Haynes trumpet

Geri Allen keyboards

Kelvyn Bell electric guitar

Kevin Bruce Harris electric bass

Mark Johnson drums

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, November 1986

4.Silent Attitude 7:30

Greg Osby alto saxophone

Geri Allen keyboards

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, May 1988

5.Rock This Calling 3:38

Cassandra Wilson vocals

Rod Williams keyboards

Kevin Bruce Harris electric bass

Mark Johnson drums

David Gilmore guitar

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, July and August 1989

6.Gyrhythmitoid 5:32

Greg Osby alto saxophone

Michele Rosewoman piano

Kevin McNeal electric guitar

Lonnie Plaxico electric bass

Paul Samuels drums

Terri Lyne Carrington percussion

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, May/June 1987

7.I'm Going Home 2:57

Steve Coleman alto saxophone, back up vocals

Graham Haynes trumpet

Cassandra Wilson vocals, back up vocals

Geri Allen synthesizer

Kelvyn Bell electric guitar

Kevin Bruce Harris electric bass, back up vocals

Marvin "Smitty" Smith drums

Mark Johnson percussion

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, January 1986

8.Mischief Makers 5:43

Greg Osby alto saxophone

Kevin Eubanks guitar synthesizer

Kevin McNeal guitar synthesizer

Edward Simon keyboards

Lonnie Plaxico electric bass

Paul Samuels drums

Steve Thornton percussion

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, July 1989

9.Never 4:37

Cassandra Wilson vocals

Steve Coleman alto saxophone

Jean-Paul Bourelly guitar

Lonnie Plaxico electric bass

Mark Johnson drums

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, December 1985

10.Midtown 6:29

Robin Eubanks trombone, keyboards

Kevin Eubanks acoustic and electric guitars

James Weidman piano, synthesizer

Rael Wasley Grant electric bass

Terri Lyne Carrington drums

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, June 1988

11.Another Level 5:44

Steve Coleman alto saxophone

Marvin "Smitty" Smith drums

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, March 1985

1.Strata Institute - Cipher Syntax

2.Robin Eubanks - Karma

3.Steve Coleman And Five Elements - World Expansion (By The M-Base Neophyte)

4.Greg Osby - Mindgames

5.Cassandra Wilson - Jumpworld

6.Greg Osby And Sound Theatre - Greg Osby And Sound Theatre

7.Steve Coleman And Five Elements - On The Edge Of Tomorrow

8.Greg Osby - Season Of Renewal

9.Cassandra Wilson - Point Of View

10.Robin Eubanks - Different Perspectives

11.Steve Coleman Group - Motherland Pulse

JMT 514 010-2 (1993)