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A key figure in the '60s Free-Jazz movement, Brown was an integral collaborator on two of the most significant Avant-Garde Jazz recordings of the '60s - John Coltrane's Ascension and Archie Shepp's Firemusic. For this 1968 date the Altoist pooled the talents of Norris Jones (bass), Stan Cowell (piano) and Coltrane's longstanding sideman Rashid Ali (drums) and created this outstanding recording, his second as a leader for ESP. The quartet burn through four of Brown's Avant-Garde compositions which are among the most rigorous, lyrical and evocative displays of improvisation mastery of the era. Also available on CD (ESP 1040).
