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The Second Great Quintet's 4th studio album comes from 1968 and sees experimentation right from the off with the title track appearing to anyone casually listening to feature unusually stilted trumpet and saxophone performances. That is, until you really listen to the track and hear what is going on underneath. Always one to innovate, it's the usual underpinning piano, drums and double bass that are improvising rather than playing their more usual role. The album's original six tracks all rip along at a pace, in a style retrospectively defined as post-bop. Wayne Shorter shines on "Fall" and "Hand Jive" in particular, but holding the album together is the incredible drumming of Tony Williams who is on fire throughout.
Tracklist
1 Nefertiti
2 Fall
3 Hand Jive
4 Madness
5 Riot
6 Pinocchio
7 Hand Jive
8 Hand Jive
9 Madness
10 Pinocchio (Alt Take)