Tenor saxophonist Chico Freeman's second recording as a leader (the first was an obscurity for Dharma in 1975) was originally cut for the Japanese Trio label before being made available domestically by India Navigation. An impressive effort, the adventurous music (five compositions by Freeman) features the leader on tenor, soprano, flute and pan-pipe, Henry Threadgill (switching between alto, baritone and flute), pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Cecil McBee (in the first of his many collaborations with Freeman), flutist Douglas Ewart, and the percussion of Steve McCall and Ben Montgomery. The performances are unpredictable yet logical inside/outside music. - Scott Yanow
Tracks
1. Like The Kind of Peace It is
2. The In between
3. Conversations
4. Morning Prayer
5. Pepe's Samba
6. Pepe's Samba (Long Version)
HENRY THREADGILL alto and bass saxophones, flute, percussion
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS piano
CECIL McBEE bass, cello
STEVE McCALL percussion
BEN MONTGOMERY drums, percussion
DOUGLAS EWART bass-flute, bamboo-flute, percussion
CHICO FREEMAN tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, pan-pipe, percussion
All selections composed and arranged by Chico Freeman
Recorded September 8, 1976 at P.S. Studios, Chicago
Whynot Records WNCD 79412 Japan