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- Date Released: July 11, 2000
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Avant-garde
- Label: Knit Classics / Virtual
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The Survival label was started by Rashied Ali on a shoestring budget in the mid-70s. These discs were rare when they were first issued, so it is to the credit of Knit Classics for reissuing them and allowing a second chance to hear them. On Moon Flight drummer Rashied Ali assembles a group of musicians who didn't have to struggle to keep up with the polyrhythms he inflicted. Joined by James Vass on alto sax, Marvin Blackman on tenor, Charles Eubanks on piano, and Benny Wilson on bass, this ensemble rages through Ali's "Blood on the Cross," Blackman's "Moon Flight," Vass's "A Light," and fellow drummer Zahir Batin's "Face of Forgotten Thought," while veering into a free jazz landscape while oddly juggling jagged hard bop roots. Acting as a balance to this intensity are tributes to John Coltrane in the form of two beautiful compositions -- Mal Waldron's "Soul Eyes" and Coltrane's "Naima," which Ali had played live with Coltrane, as documented on the Village Vanguard Again sessions on Impulse.
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Blood on the Cross |
7:11 |
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| 02. | |
Soul Eyes |
9:21 |
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| 03. | |
Moon Flight |
5:19 |
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| 04. | |
A Light |
8:04 |
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| 05. | |
Naima |
6:49 |
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| 06. | |
Face of Forgotten Thought |
6:14 |
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06 Total Tracks, 42:58 Total Length
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Credits
- Rashied Ali - Main Performer // Marvin Blackman - Sax (Tenor) // Stanley Crouch - Liner Notes // Michael Dorf - Executive Producer // Charles Eubanks - Piano // Jimmy Vass - Sax (Alto) // Benny Wilson - Bass // Edgard Moscatelli - Art Direction // Edgard Moscatelli - Design // Edgard Moscatelli - CD Layout // Jim Eigo - Reissue Producer // Rob McCabe - Remastering
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