THE MARZETTE WATTS ENSEMBLE "THE MARZETTE WATTS ENSEMBLE" (SAVOY, 1968)

Marzette Watts, tenor saxophone
Georg Turner, cornet
Marty Cook, trombone
Frank Kipers, violin
Bobby Few, piano
Cevera Jeffries Jr., bass
Juini Booth, bass
Steve Tintweiss, bass
J.C. Moses, drums
Tom Berge, drums
Amy Sheffer, voice
Patty Waters, voice
Bill Dixon, producer, piano on A2


A1. octobersong (Dixon) 6:58
A2. Play It Straight (Coleman) 3:46
A3. F.L.O.A.R.S.S. ((Watts) 4:57
B1. Medley (Watts) 9:02
B2. Lonely Woman (Coleman) 5:49
B3. Joudpoo (Watts) 4:04

Recorded 1968 in New York. A1, B1, B2: Recorded by Stereo Sound Studios, N. Y. C.

Savoy Records MG-12193 (1969)
(vinyl rip)

JEANNE LEE ‎– CONSPIRACY (SEEDS RECORDS, EARTHFORMS RECORDS, 1975)

I have listened to this many more times since the last post, but the transition in Sundance from the spoken-word poem to the dance between Jack Gregg's bass and Jeanne Lee's vocal is still spine-tingling.


A1. Sundance
A2. Yeh Come T' Be
A3. Jamaica
A4. Subway Couple

B1. The Miracle
B2. Your Ballad
B3. Angel Chile
B4. Conspiracy


Allan Praskin, clarinet (B2)
Perry Robinson, clarinet (B2)
Mark Whitecage, alto clarinet (B2)
Jack Gregg, bass
Steve McCall, drums
Gunter Hampel, flute, piano, vibraphone, alto and bass clarinet
Sam Rivers, soprano and tenor saxophone, flute
Marty Cook, trombone (B2)

Ensemble tracks recorded by George Klabin, Sound Ideas Studio, New York, February 1974.

Solo tracks and mix by Jan Rathbun, Blue Rock Studio and Good Vibration Studio, April and May 1974.

Seeds Records 5, Earthform Records - 814

Vinyl Rip