Buddy Terry - Awareness (1971) [2017 Mainstream Records Master Collection] CD-Rip

Great work from Gloria Coleman – an overlooked genius on the organ, and part of an elite group of female keyboardists that includes Shirley Scott, Rhoda Scott, and Trudy Pitts! Coleman almost never got the chance to record, but clearly had a sharpness that was honed from years in the clubs – a tight, soulful approach to the instrument that also has her working the bass pedals as strongly as the keys – and an ability to sing at all the right times, in a soul-drenched mode that's even deeper than the vocalizations of Trudy Pitts on her late 60s albums for Prestige. The group's got James Anderson on tenor, Dick Griffin on trombone, Ray Copeland on flugelhorn, and Earl Dunbar on guitar – and titles include the funky "Bugaloo for Ernie", a great version of Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa", Blue Mitchell's "Fungi Mama".

Tracks:

01. Awareness (Suite) 12:51
Omnipotence
Babylon
Unity
Humility (Trio For Two Bassists And Tenor)
02. Kamili 07:21
03. Stealin' Gold 07:16
04. Sodom And Gomorrah 12:22
05. Abscretions 04:55

Personnel:

Flute, Percussion, Saxophone Buddy Terry
Percussion, Trumpet Cecil Bridgewater
Electric Piano, Piano Stanley Cowell
Bass Buster Williams
Bass, Percussion Victor Gaskin
Drums Mickey Roker
Congas Mtume
Guitar Roland Prince