Steve Marcus/SONNY SHARROCK Green Line LP 1970 miroslav vitous daniel humair
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1970 Storyville (Japan) Stereo LP SLP 1011: GREEN LINE: Steve Marcus, Daniel Humair, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock
Jacket VG+, Vinyl VG+++/EX: Jacket has minor peeling (as do most copies of this rare, Japan-only LP), vinyl has sleeve scuffs on side one that DO NOT affect playback.
Steve Marcus, tenor & soprano saxophone
Sonny Sharrock, electric guitar
Miroslav Vitous, bass
Daniel Humair, drums
A1. Melvin 08:52
A2. Mr. Sheets At Night 07:11
B1. Green Line 06:15
B2. The Echos 10:57
Recorded at Victor Studio, Aoyama, Tokyo on 11th September 1970.
Truly stunning LP from four hungry young badasses in 1970. Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Steve Marcus and Daniel Humair are all heavyweight cats captured in their youthful prime here, not a weak moment to be found. They each just sound so great! Vitous really stands out with a ton of seriously sick bass viol action--what's up with those simultaneous arco and pizzicato parts?! He's just exploding on the groove in "Melvin", with Sharrock doing a perfect lean funky part, holding back to keep the groove simmering instead of blowing hard over it. Vitous' solo in "Mr. Sheets at Night" is something else. It's a gorgeous piece with a bristling spirit underlying the ballad surface. This album is a bit overlooked in Sonny Sharrock's discography, probably because it was released as a co-billing for the quartet, alongside the fact it's more of a straightahead jazz album than the legendary freakbombs he'd dropped in the preceding years in cahoots with Queen Linda. His explosions on side B make for some seriously essential listening for any Sharrock-head. All four cuts are distinctive gems, but "The Echoes" is the one track that is an epic blowout that tastes good down to the last gnarly drop. This is the real sound of jazz in 1970.
