BYRON MORRIS +UNITY private jazz LP on EPI “Vibrations Themes Serenades” NM

$

114

Artist:  BYRON MORRIS & UNITY

Title:   “Vibrations, Themes & Serenades”

Label:   EPI (private label, New York NY) ~ # EPI-03.   Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is yellow with black text.     

Year:  1978

Personnel:

Byron Morris – alto sax, soprano sax, flute

Jay Clayton – vocals & voice

Vincent McEwan – trumpet & flugelhorn

Gene Adler – piano & electric piano

Frank Clayton – bass

Tyronne Walker – drums

Milton Suggs – bass & electric bass

Abu Sharif – indigenous drummer.

Condition: 

DISC:  NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:   Jacket has obvious signs of wear and handling, but is still quite serviceable.  Front panel is clean and bright.  Reverse has some light ring wear.  Top right corner has been clipped to indicate this was originally sold as a cut-out.  Top seam is completely split.  Bottom seam has splitting across approx 8”.  No writing, stickers or other issues.  Not the best jacket, but should be suitable considering the beautiful disc. 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• ERAA – 3:53
• Suite for Rahsaan, Mingus, & Lester Young
• Theme for Rahsaan – 1:30
• Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – 4:38
• Panamanian Aire – 5:50

Side Two:

• Sun Shower – 8:36
• Eyewitness News Bluze – 5:52
• Like a Galaxy of Stars – 6:01    

Review:

“Many jazz critics have dismissed the 1970s as a vast wasteland for jazz, but in fact, just the opposite was true.  The 1970s were banner years for jazz -- not only because of the fearless explorations of fusion and soul-jazz innovators, but also because of all the interesting modal post-bop coming out.  Recorded in 1975 and 1978, Vibrations, Themes, and Serenades illustrates the richness of modal jazz and paints an impressive picture of that time. This was the second LP that Byron Morris recorded with Unity, and the band is quite cohesive on spiritually-minded pieces such as "Like a Galaxy of Stars," "Eyewitness News Bluze" and "ERAA," all of which feature the expressive vocalist Jay Clayton.”  

(courtesy Alex Henderson, allmusic.com.)

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