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Buster Williams – Pinnacle
Buster Williams
Pinnacle
Style: Jazz
Label: Muse Records
Catalog Number: MR 5080
Released: 1975, 70's
Included in our “Beyond the World of Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi” feature, Pinnacle by Mwandishi bassist Buster Williams is a continuation of Mwandishi, but perhaps in spirit only. Mwandishi drummer Billy Hart joins in here, but Williams brings in new players such as pianist “Onaje” Allan Gumbs and vocalist Suzanne Klewan to present a fresh perspective to Mwandishi’s iconic psychedelic, free jazz sound. The result is a bit more structured and soulful, but still complete magic. We’re especially into Onaje’s cosmic, echo-heavy keyboard work on opener “The Hump.”
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Cosmic / Fusion / Mwandishi
Tracklist:
A1 The Hump
A2 Noble Ego
A3 Pinnacle
B1 Tayamisha
B2 Batuki
Credits:
Arranged By – Buster Williams (tracks: A1 to B1), Onaje Allan Gumbs (tracks: B2)
Bass Clarinet – Earl Turbinton (tracks: A1, A3)
Bass [Fender] – Buster Williams (tracks: A1)
Composed By – Buster Williams (tracks: A1 to B1), Onaje Allan Gumbs (tracks: B2)
Design [Album Design] – Doug Dunn*
Double Bass [Acoustic Bass] – Buster Williams
Drums – Billy Hart
Electric Piano – Onaje Allan Gumbs
Engineer [Recording, Remix] – Eddie Korvin
Flute – Sonny Fortune (tracks: B2)
Flute [Alto] – Sonny Fortune (tracks: A3, B1)
Lacquer Cut By – Bre*
Liner Notes – Elliot Meadow
Percussion – Guilherme Franco
Photography By [Cover, Liner] – Price Givens
Piano – Onaje Allan Gumbs
Producer – Elliot Meadow
Soprano Saxophone – Earl Turbinton (tracks: A3, B1,B2), Sonny Fortune (tracks: A1, A3)
Synthesizer [Arp String Ensemble] – Onaje Allan Gumbs
Synthesizer [Moog] – Onaje Allan Gumbs
Trumpet – Woody Shaw (tracks: A3, B2)
Vocals – Buster Williams (tracks: A3), Marcus (36) (tracks: A2, A3), Suzanne Klewan (tracks: A2, A3)
