Title: AVANT GARDE
Product review: This is one of the few avant garde sessions Jackie recorded. There are titles like One Step Beyond,Destination Out, Let Freedom Ring and Demon's Dance but they were not avant-garde THIS IS. I got burned on the LP years ago. I seem to remember the ballad as being sort of OK but not enough to save the session. Listen for yourself.---- Whatever you decide it should be noted that Jackie played some with two Charles Mingus groups a decade earlier. PITHECANTHROPUS ERECTUS (orange cover) and BLUES & ROOTS were the titles for the Atlantic label. Jack's cohorts included J.R. Montrose, Booker Ervin and Pepper Adams. Mingus music for hard boppers - Well most of it anyway. The best Mingus for hard boppers has got to be MINGUS IN WONDERLAND powerfully played with no foolin' around at all. John Handy plays alto, taking both ballads and Booker Ervin is the tenor man.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
