Description
A really fantastic album from trumpeter Ian Carr and his legendary Nucleus group – a combo who are really right on the money here, finding their own sort of space at a level that’s very different than some of the other rock/jazz projects on the UK scene at the time!
There’s often a lot more space between the notes going on here than on more jamming, more progressive records – a laidback groove that’s wonderfully soulful, and which ties this Nucleus set a bit more strongly to American jazz funk that was rising up at the time – or maybe like some of the better Euro work by groups like Cortex or Placebo!
Ian Carr leads the group on trumpet, Dave MacRae plays a lot of great keyboards, and Brian Smith blows strong solos on tenor, soprano, and flute
PERSONNEL:
Ian Carr – trumpet
Brian Smith – tenor & soprano sax, flute
Dave MacRae – piano, electric piano
Jocelyn Pitchen – guitar
Roger Sutton – bass guitar
Clive Thacker – drums
Aureo de Souza – percussion
Joy Yates – vocals
Recorded in London, August 1973
TRACKS:
SIDE A
A1. Roots
A2. Images
A3. Caliban
SIDE B
B1. Whapatiti
B2. Capricorn
B3. Odokamona
B4. Southern Roots And Celebration
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