Almanac

Mike Nock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: I.a.I.
• ASIN: B000003ZWE
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #555,907 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Specific Gravity One

2. Symbiosis

3. Emotivations - Mike Nock/Eddie Marshall/Cecil McBee

4. Almanac

5. Hallucinogen - Mike Nock/Eddie Marshall/Cecil McBee

6. Double Split

7. J.C. Dudley

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Collaboration, April 23, 2005

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Jazz Analyst "Easy E" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Almanac (Audio CD)

This is an album by a group consisting of the New Zealander (Aussie?) Mike Nock on piano, Bennie Maupin on reeds, Cecil McBee on bass and drummer Eddie Marshall. The original recording date on my vinyl copy says 1967. This is what was called 'loft jazz' a little on the avant garde side. I guess you can liken this work to that of Andrew Hill. Anyway, Nock is a formidable piano player and he more than holds his own with his American bandmates. And the sidemen do shine. Bennie Maupin plays tenor sax on some selections and flute other times. His work on "Symbiosis" fortells his contributions to the "Head Hunters" album. McBee is great, his deep, rich tones are captured well. Marshall ably propels the group through these mostly modal sounds.