Tony Williams - Spring (1965) 320 kbps+CD Rip

Tracklist

01 - Extras
02 - Echo
03 - From Before
04 - Love Song
05 - Tee

personnel :

Anthony Williams - drums
Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
Sam Rivers - tenor saxophone
Herbie Hancock - piano
Gary Peacock - bass

Considering the extraordinary talent assembled for Tony Williams' second Blue Note date as a leader, this could have been a landmark session. Unfortunately, it's not. Spring isn't totally forgettable; on the contrary, the fire expected by members of the Miles Davis Quintet (Williams, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter), all thoroughly influenced by "the new thing," were unleashed completely from Miles' tight rein. Add tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers and Albert Ayler bassist Gary Peacock into this mix and that influence thrived. However, the five Tony Williams compositions (including the drum only "Echo") often failed to provoke the musicians into reaching crucial unity, making Spring haphazard, falling short of the expected goal. Following Spring, Williams would not release another solo date for four years, returning on the Polydor label with the groundbreaking electric rock trio recording Emergency!~Al Campbell