Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus - Vinyl LP
ECM Luminessence Series
2025
An unsung modernist classic from 1974 – Pitchfork
Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters and Marion Brown’s Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. “A more selfless album is hard to imagine”, said Down Beat in 1975. “On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending”. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own.
Bennie Maupin - Reeds, Voice, Glockenspiel
Herbie Hancock - Piano, Electric Piano
Buster Williams - Bass
Frederick Waits - Drums, Marimba
Billy Hart - Drums
Bill Summers - Percussion
Charles Sullivan - Trumpet
March 1974, The Record Plant, New York City
(602458923667)
| SKU | 602458923667 |
| Barcode # | 602458923667 |
| Brand | ECM Records |
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