Alphonse Mouzon - In Search Of A Dream (1978)(Hi-Res, 2017)

Artist: Alphonse Mouzon
Title Of Album: In Search Of A Dream (1978)(2017)
Year Of Release: 1978/2017
Label (Catalog#) : MPS
Country:: USA
Genre: Fusion, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock
Quality: FLAC (*tracks)
Bitrate: 24bit / 96kHz
Time: 40:41
Full Size: 865Mb(+3%)
Info:wiki

Alphonse Mouzon (born November 21, 1948, Charleston, South Carolina, USA – died December 25, 2016) was an American jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, a founding member of Weather Report, and the CEO of Tenacious Records. He was also a composer, arranger, and producer, as well as an actor.
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Before they recorded Nothing but a Party, his fellow musicians sang Happy Birthday to You; Alphonse Mouzon celebrated his 29th birthday during the November 1977 MPS session in Stuttgart, Germany. The American drummer is one of the originators of jazz-rock, the fusion of jazz and rock music; “Incest is best” was German rocker Udo Lindenberg’s comment on the coupling. No one had a better understanding of this melding of jazz polyrhythms with rock’s pulsating beat than Mouzon; with his furious propulsive style, he was welcome in both camps. Weather Report founders Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Miroslav Vitous brought him into the premier edition of the band. Mouzon and bassist Vitous made up the rhythm section. From Prague, Czech, Miroslav had also played in Miles Davis’ band. As he had already shown with Weather Report, he demonstrates how well he could integrate acoustic bass into a jazz-rock concept. In duo with Mouzon, Vitous bows the deep tones on his composition The Light; he grabs the electric bass on the other compositions. Vitous as well as saxophonist Bob Malik and keyboard player Stan Goldberg were all part of the 1977 version of Mouzon’s touring band. Pianist/keyboarder Joachim Kühn and guitarist Philip Catherine joined the troup for the recording of In Search of a Dream. Thus, the session was a sort of summit meeting of the jazz-rock elite of that time.

Tracks:
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1. Nightmare (6:07)
2. Electric Moon (4:50)
3. Shoreline (4:30)
4. The Light (3:21)
5. The Unknown Journey (4:00)
6. The Ram And The Scorpio (5:53)
7. In Search Of A Dream (4:51)
8. Playing Between The Beat (2:34)
9. Nothing But A Party (incl. Happy Birthday) (3:58)

Personnel:
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Alphonse Mouzon / drums, organ (1), e-piano (5,9), co-producer
Philip Catherine / electric & 12-string acoustic (2,5) guitars
Joachim Kuhn / electric & acoustic pianos
Stu Goldberg / piano (2), Mini Moog & organ (6), e-piano (6,7)
Bob Malik / tenor saxophone (2,3,5,7,9), funk box (9)
Miroslav Vitous / electric & acoustic (3,4) basses, Mini Moog & e-piano (4)

All thanks to original releaser