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Miroslav Vitous – Majesty Music
Miroslav Vituos
Majesty Music
Style: Jazz
Label: Arista
Catalog Number: AL 4099
Released: 1976
Miroslav Vitous is probably most well-known for his years as a founding member of seminal fusion group Weather Report. The Czech acoustic bass player and composer’s musical output goes far beyond those years though with numerous solo albums to his name and collaborations with legends like Jack DeJohnette, Larry Coryell, Sonny Sharrock, Toshiyuki Honda, Steve Kuhn, and others. Majesty Music, Vituos’ first album on Arista, is an underrated set of percussion and Moog synthesizer heavy fusion compositions. For a fusion album, the arrangements never get too overly busy and Vituos is able to stretch out his playing using both his fingers and a bow. A2 “See You, November” is a particular highlight with its hovering Moog synthesizer lines that gently wrap around the saxophone, bass, and percussion.
Recommended – A2 See You, November
Tags: Fusion / Jazz-rock
Tracklist:
A1 X Rated
A2 See You, November
A3 Majesty Music
A4 New Orleans
A5 Do You, Don’t You, Won’t You
B1 Best Friends
B2 Streams And Fields
B3 Folks
B4 Mount Shasta (Part II)
B5 Requiem For My Mother
Credits:
Alto Saxophone – Jaroslav Jakubovic (tracks: A4, A5)
Arranged By – Jaroslav Jakubovic (tracks: A2, A5, B5), Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
Art Direction – Bob Heimall
Baritone Saxophone – Jaroslav Jakubovic (tracks: A1, A5, B3, B4)
Bass – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A1)
Clavinet – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A4)
Composed By – Jaroslav Jakubovic (tracks: A2, A5, B5), Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
Congas – David Earl Johnson* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4)
Design – Howard Fritzson
Design [Back Cover Art] – Jaroslav Jakubovic
Design [Cover Art] – Rysard Horowitz*
Double Bass [Acoustic Bass] – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A2 to B4)
Drums – Bobby Goldman (tracks: B3), Gerry Brown (tracks: A3, B1), Lenny White (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B4)
Electric Bass – Francesco Centeno* (tracks: A4, A5)
Electric Piano – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A4, B3)
Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Mini Moog], Strings – Kenny Bichel* (tracks: A5)
Electric Piano, Vocals, Strings – Rimona Francis (tracks: A1, A3, B2)
Engineer – Jack Malken
Flute – Jaroslav Jakubovic (tracks: A5)
Guitar – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: B1)
Percussion – David Earl Johnson* (tracks: A2)
Piano – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A3, B3, B5)
Producer – Miroslav Vitous
Strings – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A2, B2, B3 to B5), Rimona Francis (tracks: B1)
Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Miroslav Vitous (tracks: A2, A4, B2, B4)
Tenor Saxophone – Jaroslav Jakubovic (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B5), Jaroslav Jakubovic (tracks: A2)
