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Soul Group Interviews

This page contains links to audio of radio interviews with soul groups done on my radio show ("Sitting on the Park" -- see the main page for more details). You are free to copy or distribute these interviews as long as they remain unedited and you are not profiting from them. It is important to get the stories of these groups out, in their own words -- otherwise this history will remain undocumented and lost. You can contact me with any questions or comments at the email address listed at the main page. Check back frequently as I'm doing many more interviews soon.

2/29/2004 Melvin Mason (Mighty Marvelows) 60 min
8/15/2004 Richard Pegue (Norvells, Nickel and Penny Labels) 90 min
10/24/2004 James Westbrook, Jr. (5 Wagers) 90 min
1/16/2005 The Steelers 60 min
3/6/2005

Berl Bynum, Lawrence Bibbs, Kirk Davis (Vows, Major IV) 120 min
4/2/2005 Clifford Curry, Bobby Thomas, Marcus Gentry (The Notations) 90 min
5/15/2005 Bobby Thomas, Jerrone Johnson (Channel 3) 30 min
6/12/2005 Gerald Dickerson (Creations, Contributors of Soul) 90 min
9/18/2005 Jerrone Johnson, Emmet Garner Jr. (Trends) 90 min
10/16/2005 Chris James (Natural 4) 90 min
11/13/2005 Kenny Rightout, Kirk Davis, Ronald Christian (Traits, Center Stage) 90 min
11/27/2005 Ron Renfro (Deltas) 20 min
12/11/2005 Frank Clark (New Concepts) 28 min
1/8/2006 Wayne Readus (Original Breed, People's Choice) 30 min
1/22/2006 Marcus Alexander, Marzette Griffith, Fred Smith (Turbulations, Age of Bronze, Essence) 50 min
1/29/2006 James Rushing (Devotions) 40 min
2/19/2006 Rosie Addison, Rose E. Kelly (Opals) 60 min
2/26/2006 Eugene Phillips (Moments of Truth, Wind, wrote and produced the Answers and Newsound) 70 min
3/5/2006 Irving Coleman, John Wynn, Roger Phillips, Ronald McLaughlin, Tyrone McCullough (Conquistadors) 60 min
3/26/2006 John Coleman, Kandice Patterson (Soul Majestics) 30 min
4/2/2006 Keith Steward (Heaven and Earth) 80 min
4/30/2006 Charles Perry (Naturals) 47 min
6/4/2006 Nathan Carter, James Noah Jordan, Ralph Peterman (Dynamic Heartbeats, Wasters) 27 min
7/9/2006 Bernice Willis, Tracy Williams, Laurel Ross (Muhammad) (Kittens) 67 min
8/13/2006 Omar Arnold, Albert Hunter (Sounds of Black, Sounds of Blackness) 36 min
8/20/2006 Marvin Glasper (Soul Suspects, Suspects) 37 min
8/27/2006 Fred Escobar, Walter Jones, Billy Sims, Robert Smith (Soul Procedures, Procedures) 40 min
9/17/2006 Mike Avery (New Image, Wreckin Crew) 32 min
10/8/2006 James Brown (Calvaes, Blenders on Aladdin, Accents) 36 min
11/5/2006 Lorenzo Clemons, Vernon Hammons (Mandells) 77 min
11/19/2006 Carol Sanford (formerly Carol Samuel), Linda Smith (formerly Linda Harris), Nepata Mero (formerly Marilyn McThune) (Ivorys) 37 min
12/3/2006 Walter Jones (Five Crowns) 29 min
1/28/2007 Ray Foreman (Visitors, Mist) 64 min
3/18/2007 John "Stormy" Colley (Lost Family, Saborian and the Los) 64 min
5/20/2007 Jimmi Mayes (Mill Street Depot) 74 min
6/3/2007 David Gogins, Ricky Gogins (Soul Impacts, Eight Minutes) 55 min
6/10/2007 Roosevelt Christmas, Doyle Cole, John Coleman (Passions, Newday) 65 min
6/17/2007 Elvin Spencer 24 min
7/8/2007 Leon Triplett, Levi Triplett (Triplett Twins) 73 min
7/22/2007 Robert Brown, Lamont Sanders (Dynamic Tints, Village) 37 min
8/19/2007 Lee Holloway (Krash Band, I.N.D.) 40 min
9/16/2007 Carl Boyd, John Jones, Farnell Jenkins, Paul Kelly (Conservatives, Teacher's Edition) 75 min
9/23/2007 Alex Alvarez, Robert Celestin, Dennis Harvey, Arlis Johnson, Art Lopez, Wareagle (Enchanting Enchanters, Enchanters on Atco) 56 min
9/30/2007 Henry Ford Yarbrough (Henry Ford and the Gifts) 61 min
10/21/2007 James "JJ" Janigan, Larry Ross (Puzzle People) 27 min
11/11/2007 Rudy Negron, Ted Thomas (Mystics) 54 min
12/9/2007 Jimmy Jordan, Sam Tate (Intensions, Measures, Jimmie and Eddie) 46 min
12/30/2007 Darrow Kennedy, Ron Kennedy, Bruce Rogers (Kaldirons, Marathon Band) 53 min
1/13/2008 Harold "Skipp" Lee, Bernard Reed (Constellations, Jalynne Sound, Pieces of Peace) 82 min
1/27/2008 Viola Floyd, Theresa (Legg) Franks, Kathy (Spates) Robinson, Vera (Regulus) Wallace (Versalettes, Trinkets, Little Foxes) 58 min
3/2/2008 Holly Maxwell 60 min
3/16/2008 Gus Redmond, Diana Simon, Fred Simon (Lost Generation, Mystique, New Lost Generation) 79 min
3/30/2008 Art Mitcham, Nate Pendleton (Dontells) 62 min
4/27/2008 Reginald Torian (Enchanters on Golden Ear, Impressions) 86 min
5/4/2008 Mose Freeman, Brema Lawhon, Richard McClendon, Frederick Robertson (Roe-o-tation) 59 min
5/25/2008 Randolph Murph (Brighter Side of Darkness) 40 min
6/8/2008 Kevin Rowan (Mystiques on Twinight, Raw Umber, Sons of Slum) 64 min
6/22/2008 Andrew Griffin, Johnny McKinney (Magnetics) 58 min
6/29/2008 Mark Greene (Moments, Leaders) 72 min
7/20/2008 Eddie Sullivan (Four Gents, Desideros, Classic Sullivans) 67 min
7/27/2008 Harvey Scales (Seven Sounds) 78 min
8/10/2008 Ray Buckner (Buckner Brothers, Buck) 49 min
8/17/2008 Patti Drew (Drewvels) 45 min
8/24/2008 Sam Pace (Esquires) 90 min
8/31/2008 Bill Brown (Shades of Brown) 53 min
9/14/2008 Vandy Lane (Ringleaders) 15 min
9/21/2008 Renaldo Domino 41 min
10/12/2008 Cecil Lyde aka Cecil Holden (Experience II; Lyde, Fisher, Giles) 70 min
10/19/2008 Carnell Haywood, Samuel Thomas Jr. (Magical Connection, Next Movement) 60 min
11/9/2008 Jerome Gilbert, Ron Martinez, Bobby Wilson (Realistics) 52 min
11/16/2008 Sheryl Swope (Vashonettes, Oncoming Times) 63 min
11/23/2008 Barbara Green 37 min
11/30/2008 Kennis Jones (Flairs, Velvet) part 2 (from 12/14/2008) 88 min
12/7/2008 Bruce Thompson (Raw Umber, 24 Karat Black, Chocolate Sunday) 62 min
12/14/2008 Dee Dee Bryant, Gwen Hester, Elaine Sims (Coffee) 60 min
12/21/2008 Tom Williams (Fascinators, Turks, Four Shades) 56 min
12/28/2008 Jan Bradley 69 min
1/4/2009 Eddie Cherry (Fabulous Crystals, Fads, TC Lee and the Bricklayers) 36 min
1/25/2009 Denton Adams (Spirits Touch) 27 min
2/8/2009 Andre Cunningham, Wilson Drummer, Anthony Thomas, Kenneth Williams (Intentions, Si-berians, New Testament Band, Faces) 79 min
2/22/2009 William Barnes, Michael Moore (North, South, East, and West) 37 min
3/1/2009 Walter Coleman (Paramonts) 50 min
3/15/2009 James Conley (Compliments) 32 min
3/22/2009 John Davis Jr., Addis McCarroll, Terry Thompson (Marlynns) 47 min
3/29/2009 Frank Donaldson (Fantastic Epics, Rasputin's Stash, r-Stash, Crystal Winds) 87 min
4/5/2009 Marvin Smith (Four Eldorados, Tempos, Artistics) 68 min
4/19/2009 James Phelps 36 min
5/3/2009 Mae Koen, Reginah Walton, Byron Woods (Sweet Music, Reality, Onstage) 88 min
5/31/2009 Rex Alexander (Auditions) 40 min
6/7/2009 Brad Donaldson, Keith Donaldson, Cliff Frazier, Walter Smith (Walter and the Admerations, Green Berets, High Society, Velvet Hammer) 83 min
6/14/2009 Keni Burke (Five Stairsteps) 81 min
6/21/2009 Robert Bailey, Billy McGregor, Shirley Wright (Shelton) (Antennas, Squires) 87 min
7/5/2009 Larry Blasingaine (Larry and the Hippies, Channel 3) 87 min
7/26/2009 Delroy Bridgeman (Senators, Valiants, Kenneth and Delroy, World Column, New World) 81 min
8/9/2009 Maurice McAlister, Wallace Sampson (Radiants) 86 min
8/16/2009 Maurice Jackson (Independents, Silk) 88 min
8/30/2009 Donnie Bruce (Windjammers, Masterplan) 30 min
9/6/2009 Carl Jones, Art Williams (Stimulators) 48 min
10/4/2009 Benjio Caffee (Satagans, Solid Gold) 84 min
10/25/2009 Margaret (Norfleet) Bond, Dale Myrick, Cynthia Redd (Voices, Brothers and Sisters, Extentions, Cindy and the Playmates) 84 min
11/15/2009 Edith Andrews (Lovemasters) 57 min
12/13/2009 Matthew Perkins (Twilites, Calvin and the Twilites, Shadows) 84 min
12/20/2009 Charles Russell (Three Dudes, Four Dudes, Image, New Image) 88 min
1/24/2010 Ray Caldwell (Ray and Dave) 50 min
2/7/2010 Betty Berry / Caldwell / Cee / Sea (Softiques, Coffee) 61 min
2/21/2010 Bert Bowen (Chanteurs, Presidents) 48 min
3/7/2010 Doug Jones (Divines) 89 min
4/18/2010 Rufus Wonder 68 min
5/30/2010 Syl Johnson 87 min
6/13/2010 Flint Lloyd (Salvadors) 35 min
10/3/2010 Vernon Lindsey (Split Evolution, Three Phases of Evolution) 37 min
5/1/2011 Doug Shorts (Masterplan Inc) 65 min
6/5/2011 Bobby Buchanan (Earles Inc, B.J.B.) 67 min
7/31/2011 Tim Burton (Tomorrow's People) 63 min
8/14/2011 Bernice Watkins (Living Color) 50 min
10/30/2011 Lee Dees, Curtis McCormick, Byron Taylor (Ledgends) 74 min
11/28/2011 Michael Sharkey (Fugitives, Fabulous Fugitives) 66 min
4/1/2012 Archie Brooks, Sharona Brooks (Fugitives, Master Plan Inc., Bettye Scott and the Del-Vettes) 64 min
2/3/2013 Billy Miller (Inspirations, Billy and the Hi-liners, Soulful Twins, Billy and Betty, Brethren, Truth and Devotion) 70 min (part 1 of 2)
2/10/2013 Billy Miller (Inspirations, Billy and the Hi-liners, Soulful Twins, Billy and Betty, Brethren, Truth and Devotion) 74 min (part 2 of 2)
2/24/2013 Joseph "Smokey" Holman, Glen Ross (Love's Children) 84 min

plus:

Tom Meros

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BAD CHILD ‎– FIRST FIGHT ( 1974 ).SOUL MASTERPIECE,WITH MEMBERS OF LAFAYETTE AFRO ROCK BAND.MARC PERRU,CHER KIMBROW, GUY DELO,KENO SPELLER,DONNY DONABLE,LAFAYETTE HUDSON,FRANÇOIS BRÉANT,CHRIS HAYWARD,ARTHUR YOUNG, RONNIE BUTTACAVOLI,FRANK ABEL,LARRY JONES,TYRONE SCOTT...

 

playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowTj1D8EwU&index=1&list=OLAK5uy_mvfvGUrqtwZvjtPBLYB_UGPPsSIesg-1A

Bad Child ‎– First Fight
Sello:
Decca ‎– 278.034
Formato:
Vinyl, LP, Album

País:
France
Publicado:
1974
Género:
Rock, Funk / Soul
Estilo:
Funk, Prog Rock


Lista de Títulos

A1 Get Off My Back, Jack 7:45
A2 Sad Songs Got To End Sometimes 5:20
A3 These Are My Happy Days 8:05
B1 Seasons 5:09
B2 Sweat (Choo Do Be) 7:11
B3 Ezay 3:17
B4 Bad Child 5:43


Compañías, etc.

Produced For – BBZ Productions
Recorded At – Morgan Studios, Brussels

Créditos

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Marc Perru
Arranged By [Instruments / Vocals], Vocals – Bill Combs, Cher Kimbrow
Arranged By [Strings] – Guy Delo
Congas – Kenneth Speller*
Drums – "Donny" Donable*
Electric Bass – Lafayette Hudson
Electric Piano – François Bréant
Executive-Producer – Al Rivet
Flute – Chris Hayward
Horns – Arthur Young, Ronnie Buttacavoli
Organ, Piano – Frank Abel
Photography By – X...*, Jean-Louis Rancurel, Jean-Marie Blanckaert
Recorded By – Alain Ward*, Paul Tregetha*
Rhythm Guitar – Larry Jones
Vocals – Al Rivet (tracks: B1, B2), Sara De St-Hubert (tracks: A1, B1, B2), Tyrone Scott

SUNSHIP ENSEMBLE ‎– PACIFIC RIM ( 1976,RECORDED 1974 ) + 5 ( AND ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS,INCLUDE THE INCREDIBLE SPIRITUAL JAZZ & FREE JAZZ TRACK OF NEW ATLANTIS HOUSEBAND ).ONE OF THE BEST SPIRITUAL JAZZ RECORDS AND WITH THE 4 FREE JAZZ TRACKS IS WONDERFUL.CLYDE REED,GREGG SIMPSON,RICHARD ANSTEY,BRUCE FREEDMAN,ROSS BARRETT,ALAN SHARPE ( MEMBER OF GONZALEZ ).The evolution of Sunship can be traced back to a number of collaborations beginning with that of bassist Richard Anstey and myself in the Al Neil Trio during the latter half of the 1960s and the Al Neil Jazz Probe in 1972. In 1971, we formed a trio with guitarist Alan Sharpe, and called it The New Atlantis Houseband. During the same period in the early 1970s, tenor sax player, Bruce Freedman moved to Vancouver from Los Angeles and began playing in various small ensembles along with bassist Clyde Reed, also a recent emigrant to Canada from Vancouver, Washington. Flautist, saxophonist and keyboard player, Ross Barrett, had already been playing with Richard Anstey and me in a quartet, which also included the Montreal-born pianist Rick Kitaeff, whose music the group would eventually play...Sunship played concerts at the Western Front and at the opening of the Granville Mall in Vancouver, plus opening for pianist Keith Jarrett, at the Commodore Ballroom on June 11, 1974. Bob Smith in The Vancouver Sun wrote, "a double-header including pianist Keith Jarrett and resident quintet, the Sunship Ensemble. Putting it mildly it was a mind-blower, and the 800 who attended gave more than a glimmering of hope for jazz in this city." Guitarist, Bob Bell, who attended that concert, remembers the group’s music as a revelation to him, as not many other similar fusion ensembles were active in Vancouver at the time, although two groups, Skywalk and Pacific Salt were to emerge not long after...

Sunship Jazz Ensemble ‎– Sunship Jazz Ensemble
Sello:
Blue Minor Records ‎– 121 2004A
Formato:
CD, Album

País:
Canada
Publicado:
2004
Género:
Jazz
Estilo:
Avant-garde Jazz, Fusion


Lista de TítulosOcultar Créditos

1 Mesopotamia 5:52
2 Atlantis Rising 6:37
3 Inca 4:30
4 Great Wall Of China
Arranged By – Rick Kitaeff 5:10
5 African Village 6:59
6 Green Apple Quickstep 8:40
7 Birds Of A Feather 11:20
8 Stop-Stop 8:42
9 Nest Of The Wounded Crow 9:32


Créditos

Bass – Clyde Reed (tracks: 1 to 8)
Drums, Percussion – Gregg Simpson (tracks: 1 to 9)
Guitar – Alan Sharpe (tracks: 1 to 9)
Performer – New Atlantis Houseband (tracks: 9), Sunship Ensemble (tracks: 1 to 8)
Producer – George Laverock (tracks: 1 to 4)
Soprano Saxophone, Producer [CD Production] – Richard Anstey (tracks: 1 to 9)
Tenor Saxophone – Bruce Freedman (tracks: 1 to 4)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Keyboards – Ross Barrett (tracks: 1 to 8)

Notas
Tracks 1 - 4 recorded December 5, 1974 by CBC, Vancouver for play on Radio Canada International, and released on the LP RCI 428.
Tracks 5 - 8 are studio recordings from June 9, 1974, and are previously unreleased recordings.
Track 9 was recorded in June 1971 with the 3 original group members that were known as The New Atlantis Houseband, and is a previously unreleased recording.

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	1.	Mesopotamia (Sunship Ensemble) 06:18
	2.	Atlantis Rising (Sunship Ensemble) 07:06
	3.	Inca (Sunship Ensemble) 04:53
	4.	Great Wall of China (Sunship Ensemble) 05:29
	5.	African Village (Sunship Ensemble) 07:03
	6.	Green Apple Quickstep (Sunship Ensemble) 08:45
	7.	Birds of a Feather (Sunship Ensemble) 12:06
	8.	Stop Stop (Sunship Ensemble) 06:01
	9.	Nest of the Wounded Crow (New Atlantis Houseband) New Atlantis Houseband (track 8): Richard Anstey-soprano sax and electric bass; Alan Sharpe-guitar; Gregg Simpson-drums, 1971) 09:34

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Richard Anstey- soprano saxophone; Ross Barrett-tenor saxophone, flute, keyboard; Bruce Freedman- tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4); Alan Sharpe-guitar; Clyde Reed-bass; Gregg Simpson-drums). CD includes booklet.

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released March 26, 2004 

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SUNSHIP                The evolution of Sunship can be traced back to a number of collaborations beginning with that of bassist Richard Anstey and myself in the Al Neil Trio during the latter half of the 1960s and the Al Neil Jazz Probe in 1972. In 1971, we formed a trio with guitarist Alan Sharpe, and called it The New Atlantis Houseband. During the same period in the early 1970s, tenor sax player, Bruce Freedman moved to Vancouver from Los Angeles and began playing in various small ensembles along with bassist Clyde Reed, also a recent emigrant to Canada from Vancouver, Washington. Flautist, saxophonist and keyboard player, Ross Barrett, had already been playing with Richard Anstey and me in a quartet, which also included the Montreal-born pianist Rick Kitaeff, whose music the group would eventually play. The Sunship Ensemble, which formed in 1974, was a group in tune with its times. The end of the Vietnam War gave birth to a new optimism: The New Age had begun and this manifested itself in a new pan-global musical consciousness. A whole new generation of creative musicians in Vancouver was coming of age. The incorporation of world music influences, drawn from various cultures, was evident in many celebrated jazz/fusion groups of the early 1970s, such as McCoy Tyner’s sextet, Weather Report, Chick Corea’s Return to Forever, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis and others. A second wave of Latin American musicians like Airto, Flora Purim and Santana brought jazz and rock closer together than ever. But Sunship also incorporated even more extended free form improvisations than many of the Latin or funk-tinged groups of the time. The ensemble included Ross Barrett (tenor sax, flute and keyboards), Bruce Freedman (tenor sax), Richard Anstey (soprano sax), Alan Sharpe (guitar), Clyde Reed (bass) and Gregg Simpson (drums). Sunship played concerts at the Western Front and at the opening of the Granville Mall in Vancouver, plus opening for pianist Keith Jarrett, at the Commodore Ballroom on June 11, 1974. Bob Smith in The Vancouver Sun wrote, "a double-header including pianist Keith Jarrett and resident quintet, the Sunship Ensemble. Putting it mildly it was a mind-blower, and the 800 who attended gave more than a glimmering of hope for jazz in this city." Guitarist, Bob Bell, who attended that concert, remembers the group’s music as a revelation to him, as not many other similar fusion ensembles were active in Vancouver at the time, although two groups, Skywalk and Pacific Salt were to emerge not long after. While international in outlook, the group played a regionally-based music, which grew out of the west coast, rainforest environment, but also incorporated exotic input from the music of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The selections on this CD reflect the multi-directional approach of the group, with free jazz material alternating with the Afro-Latin influences of the times. Some of the material for the CD was previously released on a 1975 CBC Transcription Recordings LP, entitled Pacific Rim (RCI 428), produced by George Laverock. One piece, entitled Great Wall of China, was arranged from a traditional Chinese melody by Rick Kitaeff whose group in Japan at the time, Electric Ninja, shared the album with the Sunship Ensemble. To reflect the international theme, the groups each did a composition by their counterpart across the Pacific. Sunship disbanded at the end of 1975, but in the late 1970s I went on to form the New Orchestra Workshop, which eventually included Sunship members, Bruce Freedman and Clyde Reed who still play in the NOW Orchestra today. In this sense, the Sunship Ensemble followed the pioneering efforts of the Al Neil Trio in the 1960s, to become the next step in creating a wonderful era of improvised music in Vancouver, which continues until the present time. Gregg Simpson, 2004   CBC Album Notes (RCI 428) Recorded December 5, 1974 in Vancouver, B.C. Producer: George Laverock Sound: Don Hardisty Pacific Rim is a unique endeavour, uniting a Canadian and a Japanese improvisational ensemble, each playing their own, and the other group’s original compositions, based on thematic material from each of the four Pacific continental regions. Guitarist Alan Sharpe leads the Sunship Ensemble of Vancouver, while the Electric Ninja group is headed by ex-Montreal pianist-composer Rick Kitaeff, who after traveling extensively in Asia, Indonesia and the Orient, taught literature and communications at Kobe University in Kyoto, Japan and now teaches at the University of Seattle in Washington. One of the more interesting aspects of the contemporary music scene is the breakdown of many of the artificially created barriers that divide music. Many musicians are finding that traditional categories such as “jazz”, “pop”, “avant garde”, etc., restrictive and self-limiting, and are drawing more freely on musical material from all sources, and in particular from the Third World Cultures. As Rick Kitaeff sees it: “The emphasis is now on fusion- of rock, jazz, classical, Afro-Latin – and it won’t be long before the so-called “melting pot” of North American culture fully absorbs from the Third World as it has from Europe. “…The musical materials of all the pieces were drawn mainly from the Pacific basin cultures. “Atlantis Rising” represents, for the Sunship group, a starting point of European-based modal structure, dissolving into free-flowing samba-flavoured drum and tenor solos. The titles of the Sunship compositions Mesopotamia” and “Inca” reflect their inherent sympathies with ancient, mythic cultures and present a contrast between the dense, rich textures of the former and the deft, syncopated guitar punctuation by composer Alan Sharpe in the latter. “Great Wall of China” is another piece having a background of performances with electronic elements. Sunship’s arrangement of the piece is a lush, multi-layered structure, precisely articulated to give novel harmonic proportions to the Oriental pentatonic scale. Both Electric Ninja and Sunship, as represented by their efforts on this recording, have tried to return the new music movement to its spiritual roots by intercultural diversification of their musical materials. To say that they play “earth music”, however, is not to make any claims of exclusiveness in the orientation towards universality, but simply to indicate that all music is ultimately ethnic. “The earth doesn’t belong to man; man belongs to the earth” (North American Indian saying)                            June 11, 1974 at the Commodore Ballroom -"a double-header including pianist Keith Jarrett and resident quintet, the Sunship Ensemble. Putting it mildly it was a mind-blower, and the 800 who attended gave more than a glimmering of hope for jazz in this city." -Bob Smith -The Vancouver Sun This recording was made possible through the assistance of the Canada Music Fund and the Music Section of the Canada Council for the Arts. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts which last year invested $27.4 million in music throughout Canada. Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada, qui a investi 27,4 millions de dollars l'an dernier dans la musique à travers le Canada.