The duo wanted to improve on their 1994 debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and gain respect for their growing Southern hip hop scene
Curtis Fuller (trombone)
The relatively jaunty 'Sweet Dragon' is also emotionally loaded with Ayler-esque vibrato
'I am so stoked that after 25 years
being broke ("Strapped for Cash") and having luggage lost by an airline ("Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim")
Silver, Horace - Further Explorations (180 Gram Vinyl) (FLAWED) Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness (4LP The duo wanted to improveLimited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Further Explorations documents hard bop pioneer Horace Silver's quintet: Art Farmer, Clifford Jordan, Teddy Kotick, Louis Hayes. The 1958 session is particularly inspired, with Silver penning all but one of the compositions. "The Outlaw", one of his most lively creations, has brilliant solos from Silver, Jordan and Farmer. Ballad, "Moon Rays", gives the band plenty of room to stretch out. Blue Note Tone Poet Series