Album · 1972
Tracklist
A1 Attica Blues 4:49
A2 Invocation: Attica Blues 0:18
A3 Steam, Part 1 5:08
A4 Invocation To Mr. Parker 3:17
A5 Steam, Part 2 5:10
B1 Blues For Brother George Jackson 4:00
B2 Invocation: Ballad For A Child 0:30
B3 Ballad For A Child 3:37
B4 Good Bye Sweet Pops 4:23
B5 Quiet Dawn 6:12
Total Time: 37:18
Line-up/Musicians
Backing Vocals – Albertine Robinson (tracks: A1), Joshie Armstead (tracks: A1)
Bass – Jimmy Garrison (tracks: A3, A4, A5, B4, B5)
Bass [Fender] – Jerry Jemmott (tracks: A1), Roland Wilson (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B3)
Cello – Calo Scott (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Ronald Lipscomb (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5)
Conductor – Romulus Franceschini (tracks: B4, B5)
Cornet – Clifford Thornton (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Drums – Beaver Harris (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B3), Billy Higgins (tracks: B4, B5)
Euphonium – Hakim Jami (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Flugelhorn – Cal Massey (tracks: B5)
Flute – Marion Brown (tracks: A4)
Flute [Bamboo] – Marion Brown (tracks: A3, A5)
Guitar – Cornell Dupree (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3)
Narrator – Bartholomew Gray (tracks: A4), William Kunstler (tracks: A2, B2)
Percussion – Juma Sutan (tracks: A1, B1, B5), Marion Brown (tracks: A3, A4, A5), Nene DeFense (tracks: A1, B1, B5), Ollie Anderson (tracks: A1, B1, B5)
Piano – Walter Davis Jr. (tracks: B1, B3, B4, B5)
Piano [Electric] – Dave Burrell (tracks: A3, A5), Walter Davis Jr. (tracks: A1, B1)
Saxophone [Alto] – Clarence White (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Marion Brown (tracks: A1, B1)
Saxophone [Baritone] – James Ware (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Saxophone [Soprano] – Archie Shepp (tracks: A3, A5, B4)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Archie Shepp (tracks: A1, B1, B3, B5), Billy Robinson (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Roland Alexander (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Trombone – Charles Greenlee (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Charles Stephens (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Kiane Zawadi (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Trumpet – Charles McGhee (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Michael Ridley (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5), Roy Burrowes (tracks: A1, B1, B4, B5)
Violin – John Blake (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Leroy Jenkins (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5), Shankar (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4, B5)
Vocals – Henry Hull (tracks: A1, B3), Joe Lee Wilson (tracks: A3, A5), Waheeda Massey (tracks: B5)
About this release
Prestige AS-9222 (US)
Recorded January 24, 25, and 26, 1972, at A&R Recording, New York
Thanks to snobb for the updates
