THE PARIS SMITH QUARTET "THOUGHT SEEDS" ORACLE 1083

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THE PARIS SMITH QUARTET "THOUGHTS SEEDS" ORACLE RECORDS 1083 PRIVATE PRESSING

____PARIS SMITH: vibes

____JIMMY ELLIS: tenor sax, alto sax

____TYLER MITCHELL: bass

____USAMA PITTS: drums

____CAROL SÁWALL: vocals

1. Catman

2. Psalm 37

3. Lilith Came

4. Owlman

5. Pentatonia

6. Chico Be

Produced and arranged by Paris Smith, recorded in the mid 70s and (only a few) in the early 80s at Sparrow Sound Design Studio, Chicago, Illinois.

Pls read this:

Born in Chicago, Paris Smith has been a practicing musician since he was a child, having studied piano and reeds before setting upon the vibraphone as his primary concern.

Art Lange, of Down Beat Magazine, aptly describes his vibes work as " ... a chunky, chordal approach unlike the glittering, starstruck single line dazzle of most practitioners."

Assembled for this session are musicians who have played together and know the leader´s work.

Reedman, Jimmy Ellis, an exemplary instrumentalist, has worked with most of the top acts in the music world. He leads his own quartet at Chicago´s festivals and in clubs. Many of the best trained and successful young musicians have studied with Jimmy - including Paris.

Usama Pitts and Tyler Mitchell are excellent rhythm section mates. Their taste and strength make them a couple of the most sought after players on the scene.

Carol Sawall´s multitalents are displayed here. Vocalist, lyricist, painter, she enjoys creating and studying, and lends her own distinctive style to the session.

The music on this album spans a number of years. THOUGHT SEEDS, CATMAN and OWLMAN were part of the repertoire during the early 1970s when Paris, Usama, Carol, and the late sax man, Ken Hill, gigged around under the group name, THE PURPLE CIRCLE QUINTET. The remaining material is of more recent vintage (early 1980s).

**This is YOUR chance to grab one of the rarest and most interesting private jazz recordings - the winner will be very happy to get a wonderful clean copy of this amazing LP!

**Pls note:

There is also an earlier recording of Paris Smith (together with sax man Kenneth Hill) on auction today: Oracle 1079 - so you may win both LPs by this georgeous formation (I think there exist only these two releases!)

___Cover: NM

___Vinyl: NM