1963年の素晴らしいデビュー作『Evolution』に続き、1964年リリースの2枚目。
ウェイン・ショーター、ハービー・ハンコック、セシル・マクビー、トニー・ウィリアムスといった探検家仲間とともに、トロンボーン奏者グラチャン・モンカー3世は実験的な領域に踏み込んだ。
〈パーソネル〉Grachan Moncur III (tb)Wayne Shorter (sax) B Herbie Hancock (p) Cecil McBee (b) Tony Williams (ds)
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Grachan Moncur III was one of the top trombonists of the jazz avant-garde in the 1960s although he had only a few chances to lead his own record sessions. This 1964 set (which has been reissued on CD) was one of his finest, a quintet outing with bassist Cecil McBee, two of the members of the Miles Davis Quintet (pianist Herbie Hancock and drummer Tony Williams), and tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter just a brief time before he joined Miles. The group performs four of Moncur's challenging originals, including "Nomadic" (which is largely a drum solo) and "The Twins," which is built off of one chord. None of the compositions caught on but the strong and very individual improvising of the young musicians is enough of a reason to acquire the advanced music. ~ Scott Yanow
Rovi