Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard teams up on record with James Spaulding (who doubles on alto and flute) for the first time on this excellent set. With the assistance of pianist [more]
Regardless of one's own musical standpoints or of the particular cosmology of one's beliefs, this is Devotional music of the highest level, as it must be - majestic, serene, sublime, a richly-woven tapestry in sound; music of unsurpassable breadth and beauty to be heard as long as men with souls live.
Recorded between April and June of 1971, Alice Coltrane's Universal Consciousness stands as her classic work. As a testament to the articulation of her spiritual [more]
Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard teams up on record with James Spaulding (who doubles on alto and flute) for the first time on this excellent set, with the assistance of pianist Herbie [more]
The Mosaic Select treatment has deservedly been given to Big John Patton. There are those who argue that Patton's entire catalog should have been the subject of a [more]
A solid drummer in either free or hard bop settings, Clifford Jarvis was featured on several '60s and '70s albums. He proved both a consistently engaging, rhythmically diverse and sound drummer and a good percussionist, adding textures and colors on African and Latin instruments. Jarvis studied at Berklee with Alan Dawson in the mid and late '50s, then moved to New York. He recorded with Chet Baker, Randy Weston, Yusef Lateef, Freddie Hubbard, Barry Harris, Jackie McLean and Elmo Hope from 1959 to 1966, while also playing with Grant Green and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Jarvis worked with Sun Ra from 1962 to 1976, cutting several records. He also played with Pharoah Sanders, and recorded with Sonny Simmons, Alice Coltrane and Sanders in the early '70s. Jarvis subsequently recorded with Kenny Drew and Walter Davis in the late '70s, and with Archie Shepp in 1985. He can be heard on reissues by Sanders, Hubbard and others. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide