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expected mid June 2021

John Gordon:Erotica Suite

Label: Strata-East

Cat No: SES-19780

Format: 180 gram LP x 1        standard sleeve

Barcode: 5060149623312

Scheduled for release

June  2021

Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London

A fantastic little record – and very much the kind of set that the Strata East label was created to represent! The music here would hardly have found a home on the bigger jazz labels of the period – not because it's too avant-garde or non-commercial, but just because it's so deeply personal and powerful – the boldest vision on record of trombonist John Gordon, who composed a mind blowing suite of tracks for the first side of the album, as well as some equally great tunes for the second half! Gordon leads the group on trombone – with solos that are soaring and soulful, alongside work by the great James Spaulding on alto and flute, Waymond Reed on trumpet, John Miller on piano and keyboards, Lyle Atkinson on bass, and Frank Derrick on drums! If you know some of the other players here from their own work of the time, you know you're in for a treat – as the music has this fantastic sound of strong individual voices coming together, instruments lifted high on a mission of music – with results that are as fantastic all these many years as they were in the 70s.                                      © 1996-2020, Dusty Groove, Inc.

Tracklisting

Side A: 1. 1st Movement - Desire / 2nd Movement – Fulfillment /

                 3rd Movement – Aftermath / 4th Movement - Consequences

Side B:  1.  Ora Lee Tingle  2. Neleh  3. Blue Na

Personnel: Trombone & Producer – John Gordon

                   Trumpet – Waymond Reed              

                   Alto Sax/Flute – James R Spaulding

                   Bass – Lyle Atkinson

                   Piano/Synthesizer/Stringmen – John Miller              

                   Drums/Beltree – Frank Derrick III

Recorded At – Sound Ideas Studios December 27th 1976

Mixed At – Sound Ideas Studios

Engineered by –Neal Ceppos