An overlooked gem from the early 70s, Buddy Terry’s “Pure Dynamite” mixes post bop and fusion in a style somewhat similar to what Freddie Hubbard and Sonny Rollins were doing at the same time, but Terry also dips into some psychedelic sounds and ensemble freedom that pushes his music a little closer to Herbie Hancock’s excellent Sextet. The connection to the Sextet is furthered by the appearance of the Sextet’s Eddie Henderson and Billy Hart. Meanwhile, the new Return to Forever was also playing with post bop that bordered on the avant-garde on their first album, so its no big surprise to see RTF’s Lenny White, Airto and Stanley Clarke on here as well. The rest of this album’s all-star cast also includes Joanne Brackeen, Mtume, Woody Shaw and Kenny Barron, its hard to go wrong with a cast like that and there is certainly very little wrong with this album.
This P-Vine edition, brings as a bonus a composition by Joanne Brackeen, just over seven minutes not included in the original edition.
Track
1. Quiet Afternoon (Stanley Clarke)
2. Paranoia (Buddy Terry)
3. Baba Hengates (Mtume)
4. Miscegenation (Joanne Brackeen)
BUDDY TERRY tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
WOODY SHAW trumpet
EDDIE HENDERSON trumpet, flugelhorn
KENNY BARRON piano
JOANNE BRACKEEN electric piano, piano
BUSTER WILLIAMS bass
STANLEY CLARKE bass
BILLY HART drums
LENNY WHITE drums
AIRTO MOREIRA percussion
MTUME percussion
Recorded in 1972 and released on the Mainstream label
P-Vine Records PCD-23935 Japan