Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Odyssey Of Iska
| Recorded | Aug 26, 1970 |
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| Label | Blue Note |
| Released | 1970 |
| Personnel | 8 credited players |
| Discogs | master 140429 |
The record
Two bassists, two drummers, vibes and guitar drift in and out of focus here, painting an open, weightless music far from hard bop's pulse. Recorded as Shorter's tenure at Blue Note wound down, it finds him favoring color and space over chord changes, a quiet pivot toward the fusion years ahead.
Session personnel
- Cecil McBee — bass
- Ron Carter — bass
- Alphonse Mouzon — drums
- Billy Hart — drums
- Gene Bertoncini — guitar
- Frank Cuomo — percussion, drums
- Wayne Shorter — tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, liner notes
- David Friedman — vibraphone [vibes], marimba
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 19 pressings on file.
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file |
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| 1971 | Blue Note · BST-84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1971 | Blue Note · BST 84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1972 | Blue Note · BST 84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1973 | Blue Note · BST 84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1978 | Blue Note · BSTF 84363 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1978 | Blue Note · GXK 8080 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1987 | Blue Note · CDP 7 84363 2 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1987 | Blue Note · CP32-9550 — CD, Album, Reissue |
| 1995 | Blue Note · CDP 7 84363 2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Repress |
| 2013 | Blue Note — File, FLAC, Album, Reissue, 24bit 192kHz |
| 2014 | Blue Note · TYCJ-81071 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD |
Follow the players
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