McCoy Tyner . Message from the Nile . Extensions . Blue Note . 1973
Personel: McCoy Tyner – pianoGary Bartz – alto saxophone Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone , soprano saxophone Ron Carter – bassElvin Jones – drumsAlice Coltrane – harp (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
Alice Coltrane . World Galaxy . My Favorite Things . Impulse! Records . 1972
Personel: Alice Coltrane – piano , organ , harp , tanpoura , percussion Frank Lowe – saxophone , percussionLeroy Jenkins – solo violin Reggie Workman – bass Ben Riley – drums Elayne Jones – timpani Swami Satchidananda – voice
Sonny Sharrock . Black Woman . Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black . Vortex Records . 1969 (vocals by Linda Sharrock)
Personel: Sonny Sharrock – guitar Dave Burrell – piano Norris Jones – bass Milford Graves – drums Linda Sharrock – voice Teddy Daniel – trumpet (tracks 3-5) Richard Pierce – bass (tracks 3-5) Gary Sharrock – bells (track 1)
Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Research Arkestra . Planets of Life or Death: Amiens ’73 . Love In Outer Space . Strut . 1973/2015
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Danny Davis Alto Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute, Percussion – Marshall Allen Baritone Saxophone, Flute, Percussion – Danny Ray Thompson Bass – Ronnie Boykins Bass Clarinet, Flute, Percussion – Eloe Omoe Bassoon, Flute, Percussion – James Jacson Cello, Viola, Percussion – Alzo Wright Drums – Tommy Hunter Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Mini-Moog], Vocals – Sun Ra French Horn – Brother Ahh Percussion – Odun Shahib Percussion, Balafon, Other [Dance] – Roger Aralamon Hazoumé Percussion, Other [Dance] – Math Samba Tenor Saxophone, Drums, Vocals – John Gilmore Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Akh Tal Ebah , Kwame Hadi Vocals, Other [Dance] – June Tyson , Ruth Wright Voice [Space Ethnic Voices] – Cheryl Banks , Judith Holton
Steve Reid featuring The Legendary Master Brotherhood . Nova . Lions of Juda . Mustevic Sound . 1976
Personel: Acoustic Bass – Luis Angel Falcon Arranged By – The Master Brotherhood * Bass [Fender] – Richard Williams (4) Drums, Producer – Steve Reid (2) Piano [Acoustic], Organ [Electric] – Les Walker Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Joe Rigby Trumpet – Ahmed Abdullah
Don Cherry . Brown Rice . Malkauns . EMI . 1975
Personel on “Malkauns”: Bass – Charlie Haden Drums – Billy Higgins Tambura – Moki Trumpet – Don Cherry Written-By – Cherry , Beger
Sam Rivers . Crystals . Orb . Impulse! Records . 1974
Personel: Bass – Gregory Maker Composed By, Liner Notes, Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Sam Rivers Drums, Percussion – Harold Smith , Warren Smith Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Piccolo Flute, Flute – Fred Kelly (6) Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piano – Roland Alexander Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Joe Ferguson (2) Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Basset Horn, Bassoon – Paul Jeffrey Trombone – Charles Majeed Greenlee , Charles Stephens Trombone, Tuba – Joseph Daley Trumpet – Richard Williams , Sinclair Acey , Ted Daniel
William Hooker . …Is Eternal Life . Pieces I & II . Reality Unit Concepts/Superior Viaduct . 1977/2019
on “Pieces”: Alto Saxophone, Flute, Percussion – Hasaan Dawkins Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Percussion – Les Goodson
John Coltrane . A Love Supreme . A Love Supreme (complete) . Impulse! Records . 1964/5
Bass – Jimmy Garrison Composed By, Liner Notes, Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane Drums – Elvin Jones Piano – McCoy Tyner Engineer [Recording], Lacquer Cut By – Rudy Van Gelder
Rahsaan Roland Kirk . The Vibration Continues . Volunteered Slavery . Atlantic . 1978
Backing Vocals [Vocal Backgrounds] – Roland Kirk Spirit Choir Bass – Vernon Martin Drums – Charles Crosby , Jimmy Hopps , Sonny Brown Piano – Ron Burton Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Nose Flute, Gong, Whistle, Horns [Stritch, Manzello], Vocals – Roland Kirk Trombone – Dick Griffin Trumpet – Charles McGhee
Pharoah Sanders . Journey to the One . You’ve Got to Have Freedom . Theresa Records . 1979/80
Bass – Ray Drummond Drums – Idris Muhammad Flugelhorn – Eddie Henderson Piano – John Hicks Vocals – Bobby McFerrin , Donna (Dee Dee) Dickerson *, Ngoh Spencer , Vicki Randle Written-By, Tenor Saxophone – Pharoah Sanders
The Pyramids . Lalibela . Lalibela (complete Opus) . Pyramids Records . 1973
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Balafon, Percussion [Masenqo], Talking Drum, Drum [Moroccan Clay Drum] – Idrissa Ackamoor * Bass [Hagstrom Bass], Harp [Ugandan], Drum [Ethiopian], Flute [Bamboo] – Kwame Kimathi Asante Congas, Drum [Osi], Percussion – Hekaptah Drums, Percussion – Marcel Lytle Flute, Piccolo Flute, Percussion – Margo Ackamoor Photography By – Leonard L. White Recorded By – Duane Schumacher Soprano Saxophone, Flute [Bamboo], Percussion – Masai (6)
We climb to the Highest Temple in Lalibela We partake of the Holy Water, eat bread and drink Tej in the Temple with our brothers. We look out over the immense, mountainous land of twelve sacred churches, and bathe our spirits in their warm majesty We drink heartily form the Holy Well of Lalibela the Sacred Place.
LALIBELA written by Idrissa & Margo Ackamoor