| IDRIS MUHAMMAD |
| FUSION / N.Y. FUSION 1975 |
IDRIS MUHAMMAD: HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN KUDU RECORDS, KUDU 27(LP) (P)1975 CREED TAYLOR, INC., USA RECORDED: JUNE, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 1975 RELEASED: 1975, USA RE-ISSUED: KING RECORD CO., KICJ 8363(CD) (P)1976 KING RECORD CO., INC., JAPAN RELEASED: JULY 7, 2001, JAPAN |
| CREDITS (productions) : |
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Arranged and conducted by David Matthews, except "Sudan" arranged by Tom Harrell |
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Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer / Recorded June, September, October 1975 |
| Album photos by Alen MacWeeney / Album design by Rene Scumacher |
| Produced by Creed Taylor |
| CREDITS (musicians) : |
| drums | : | Idris Muhammad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| piano | : |
Roland Hanna (on 4,5),
Don Grolnick (on 2,3,6), Leon Pendarvis (on 1)
bass | : |
Wilbur Bascomb (on 2,4,5),
Eric Gale (on 3,6), | Will Lee (on 1)
guitar | : |
Joe Beck (on 3),
Eric Gale (all solo), | Hugh McCracken (on 6)
percussion | : |
George Devens
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log drum | : |
Idris Muhammad (on 1)
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tenor saxophone | : |
Robert Berg (on 5),
George Young (all solo), | Mike Brecker (on 2)
baritone saxophone | : |
Ronnie Cuber
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alto saxophone | : |
David Sanborn (solo on 1)
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trumpet | : |
Tom Harrell
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trombone | : |
Barry Rogers (solo on 5),
Fred Wesley (all other solos)
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lead vocal | : |
Frank Floyd (on 1,6)
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background vocal | : |
Patti Austin, Hilda Harris, Debbie McDuffie (on 2,6)
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strings | : |
Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, | Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Joe Malin, David Nadien (violin) Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman (cello) |
| TRACKS (total time 35:05) : |
| 1. | House of the Rising Sun (4:39) [traditional, adapted by David Matthews] | ||||
| 2. | Bahia (4:38) [Ary Barroso, Ray Gilbert] | ||||
| 3. | Hard to Face the Music (4:50) [Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford] | ||||
| 4. |
Theme from New York City (3:30) [adapted by David Matthews]
based on Chopin's Prelude in E Minor, Op.28, No.4
5. |
Sudan (11:00) [Idris Muhammad, Tom Harrell]
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6. |
Hey Pocky A-Way (6:00) [Leo Nocenteli, George Porter,
Art Neville, Joseph Ziggy Modeliste]
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