Bennie Maupin: The Jewel In The Lotus Vinyl LP
"Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters and Marion Brown’s Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. 'A more selfless album is hard to imagine', said Down Beat in 1975. 'On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending'. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own." - ECM
- 1st time on vinyl in almost 50 years
- black vinyl pressing
- gatefold sleeve w/ extensive liner notes
- featuring Bennie Maupin (reeds), Herbie Hancock (p), Buster Williams (b), Billy Hart (d), Frederick Waits (d), Bill Summers (perc)
- original release year: 1974
- music label: ECM 2025
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Bennie Maupin: The Jewel In The Lotus Vinyl LP
Bennie Maupin: The Jewel In The Lotus Vinyl LP
"Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters and Marion Brown’s Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. 'A more selfless album is hard to imagine', said Down Beat in 1975. 'On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending'. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own." - ECM
- 1st time on vinyl in almost 50 years
- black vinyl pressing
- gatefold sleeve w/ extensive liner notes
- featuring Bennie Maupin (reeds), Herbie Hancock (p), Buster Williams (b), Billy Hart (d), Frederick Waits (d), Bill Summers (perc)
- original release year: 1974
- music label: ECM 2025
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"Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters and Marion Brown’s Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. 'A more selfless album is hard to imagine', said Down Beat in 1975. 'On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending'. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own." - ECM
- 1st time on vinyl in almost 50 years
- black vinyl pressing
- gatefold sleeve w/ extensive liner notes
- featuring Bennie Maupin (reeds), Herbie Hancock (p), Buster Williams (b), Billy Hart (d), Frederick Waits (d), Bill Summers (perc)
- original release year: 1974
- music label: ECM 2025
