Bob Moses - When Elephants Dream of Music (1983)

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Title: When Elephants Dream of Music
Year Of Release: 1983
Label: Gramavision[R2 79491]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 66:51
Total Size: 349 MB(+3%) | 158 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1 Trevor 5:00
2 Picolo And Lulu 2:52
3 Everybody Knows When You're Up And In 4:28
4 Lava Flow 9:19
5 Happy To Be Here Today 2:42
6 For Miles 7:11
7 Embraceable Jew 4:55
8 Bugs Bunny 8:28
9 Black Orchid 5:58
10 Disappearing Blues 2:10
11 Ripped Van Winkle 7:22
12 Blame It On The Egg 1:18
13 The River 4:33

Although best known as a flexible and tasteful drummer, Bob Moses displayed a great deal of talent as a composer and arranger on this exciting project. He utilized a particularly colorful cast of characters, including altoist David Gross, Jim Pepper on tenor, cornetist Terumasa Hino, trombonist Barry Rogers, flutist Jeremy Steig, vibraphonist David Friedman, guitarist Bill Frisell, keyboardist Lyle Mays, electric bassist Steve Swallow, Howard Johnson on electric contrabass clarinet and tuba, and the voices of Sheila Jordan and Jeanne Lee, among many others. Some of the music is quite lyrical and laid-back, and there are tributes to Miles Davis and Billy Strayhorn, but it is the rambunctious and hilarious "Everybody Knows You When You're Up and In" (his answer to "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out") that is most memorable. Highly recommended.~Scott Yanow