[1] Bushman Song [Electric Version] (John Stubblefield) - 7:16
[2] Serenade To The Mother Land (John Stubblefield) - 5:16
[3] Some Things Never Change (John Stubblefield) - 7:24
[4] Mwé Malad O (Mino Cinélu) - 4:15
[5] Loss Of A Moment (Victor Lewis) - 3:39
[6] East Side - West Side (John Stubblefield) - 10:27
[7] Calypso Rose (John Stubblefield) - 4:02
[8] Bushman Song [Acoustic Version] (John Stubblefield) - 9:50
Geri Allen - Synthesizer, Piano
Victor Lewis - Percussion, Drums
Mino Cinélu - Percussion, Vocals
Charnett Moffett - Bass Guitar
Matthias Winckelmann - Producer
Carlos Albrecht - Mixing
Fritz Hagel - Cover Painting (Elba - Italy)
E. Marcelin - Photography
Elisabeth Winckelmann - Album Design
1991 CD Enja R2-79660
1991 CD Rhino 79660
1991 CS Enja R4-79660
1998 CD Enja 50152
On the surface, John Stubblefield and his compatriots offered a number
of approaches (funk-fusion, Latin, calypso, swing) CREATIVELY rendered.
But careful listening revealed an all too telling commercial underbelly
that put subtle though damaging constraints on the music...So while the
leader had a passionate tenor outing (shades of the Pharoah Sanders of
yesteryear) on the Trane-influenced "East," and played some sinewy
soprano on the Weather Report-like title cut and "Things," and
keyboardist Geri Allen spotlighted her adept skills at imaginatively
convoluting phrases over and around stated and implied bar lines (to
say nothing of her solid chops overall); and the whole band illustrated
solid facility as a group as well as individuals; overall, the album
didn't reach the heights to which it aspired.
