roswell rudd- 'everywhere' (impulse!)

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

hi whats this record like you guys, i was thinking about getting it- and what are robin kenyatta and guseppi logan like. any recs. or thouyghts on this lp will be considered, thanks!

[B. Clugston]

It's a nice date, maybe not essential, but Rudd's inside-outside playing is always interesting. Don't recall how the saxophonists fare, but Kenyatta is always worth a listen. It was reissued on CD as Mixed along with the Cecil Taylor side of the Into the Hot album.

[brownie]

Get it!

It will open horizons and may blow your mind!

[AndrewHill]

Yes, get it! The dual basses of Charlie Haden and Lewis Worrell deserve mention too, for creating a lot of tension in the music.

[JohnS]

It's not your normal blowing date.

[bertrand]

I should sue Rudd for naming a record after me without my consent.

Bertrand.

[clifford_thornton]

It's a free jazz record, for one thing. But it's absolutely tremendous. One of the best of the genre.

[ep1str0phy]

Completely not your normal blowing date. I think Rudd's leadership makes the date, since there seems to be a preference for stasis and sustained subtlety on the album--not so much frantic blowing, though it does show up now and again. The reedmen are mostly color; everything is weighted toward the bottom end. It's like an entire album's worth of "Beauty is a Rare Thing," kind of, mixed in with the general vibe and corrosive wonkiness of Giuseppi Logan's ESP albums.

[paul secor]

Very fine date - I've had it since it was released. Might not be your usual thing, but it also might expand your horizons.

[clifford_thornton]

It is also fun to listen to in mono!

[Free For All]

Essential IMO.

[JSngry]

What's not to like, really?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

hmm...persuasive arguments....

[clifford_thornton]

I'm curious why you're curious, chewy. All for mind-expansion, sure, though I've recalled previous disinterest in the music of Ayler and Cecil Taylor, so...

In any event, this is an excellent record and, for what it's worth, one of the first "avant-garde" jazz records I heard/bought. Still tops.

[Head Man]

Bought when it first came out on vinyl and have liked it ever since. A wonderful date!