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New Life (Dedicated To Max Gordon)
| Recorded | Dec 17, 1975 & Jan 10, 1976 |
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| Label | A&M Records |
| Released | 1975 |
| Personnel | 36 credited players |
| Discogs | master 392761 |
The record
Dedicated to the Vanguard's founder, this session finds the orchestra leaning electric, Hanna's electric piano and Finnerty's guitar woven through the reed writing. Pepper Adams pushes hard against the cushioned charts, a warm document of the band's mid-70s A&M run.
Session personnel
- George Mraz — acoustic bass
- Pepper Adams — baritone saxophone
- Earl McIntyre — bass trombone
- Lou Marini — clarinet
- Leonard 'Doc' Gibbs, Jr. — congas
- Mel Lewis — drums, soloist [drums]
- Barry Finnerty — electric guitar
- Roland Hanna — electric piano
- Jerry Dodgion — flute, alto saxophone
- Ed Xiques — flute, soprano saxophone
- Gregory Herbert — flute, tenor saxophone, soloist [tenor saxophone]
- Jim Buffington — french horn
- Julius Watkins — french horn
- Peter Gordon — french horn
- Ray Alonge — french horn
- Frank Foster — tenor saxophone
- Billy Campbell — trombone
- Janice Robinson — trombone
- John Mosca — trombone
- Al Porcino — trumpet
- Cecil Bridgewater — trumpet
- Sinclair Acey — trumpet
- Waymon Reed — trumpet, flugelhorn, soloist [flugelhorn]
- Thad Jones — flugelhorn, soloist [flugelhorn]
- Walter Norris — piano
- Don Butterfield — tuba
- Steve Gilmore — bass
- David Taylor — bass trombone
- Herbie Lovelle — drums
- Rasan Mfalme — electric bass
- David Spinozza — electric guitar
- Earl Chapin — french horn
- Jim Bossy — trumpet
- Jon Faddis — trumpet
- Lew Soloff — trumpet
- Stephen Furtado — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · SP-707 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1976 | A&M Records — STEREO |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · AMLJ 707 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · 27 482-1 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1976 | A&M Records · 985 034 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · GP 3506 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Triple Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · XHOL-39009 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · 27 482 IT — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · SP-707 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Gatefold, White Label · gatefold |
| 1976 | A&M Records · SP-707 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo · gatefold |
| 1976 | A&M Records · SP-707 — Vinyl, LP, Album, |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · GP 3506 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Triple Gatefold · gatefold |
| 1976 | Horizon (3) · AMLH 707 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1977 | A&M Records · 27482 - I — Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold · gatefold |
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