EXPANSION

1750 Arch Records #1758 (Originally released on Double Helix Records DHLP 1)

Produced by Denny Zeitlin

Recorded Summer, 1973


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Credits:

Denny Zeitlin–Acoustic and electric piano, clavinet, organ, melodica, Arp synthesizer, miscellaneous electronics, African thumb pianos, tambourine
Mel Graves – Bass, Electric Bass
George Marsh–Drums, percussion

 



Track Listing:

1. El Fuego de las Montañas [Denny Zeitlin]  (13:46)
Soundclip: “a fiery funk-rock electronic-acoustic original that blazes off in 7/4 time.”

2. The Wheel (Free Improvisation) [Denny Zeitlin, Marsh, Graves]   (3:00)

3. Déjà vu [Denny Zeitlin]  (7:43)

4. On Air  [Denny Zeitlin]   (3:22)
Soundclip: “A gentle original composition with shifting time signatures and double- note feel that has subtle flavors of bossa, rock, and funk.”

5. A Scarf in the Air  [Denny Zeitlin]  (15:39)
Soundclip: “The last, white hot, section of this extended original composition before the final thematic statement. The arrangement and performance “take no prisoners” as this juggernaut moves to its conclusion.”

6. Vertical Horizons  [Denny Zeitlin, Graves]  (6:08)

7. Wind-Borne  [Marsh, Zeitlin, Graves]  (8:24)



Reviews:

DOWNBEAT: “…***** [Highest Rating]…a masterpiece.”

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: “…the single most impressive wedding of electronic and acoustic elements…”

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: “…surely the most important group to emerge in San Francisco since 1965…the effect combines the best of outer space and Oscar Peterson—swirling, blinding, transcendent sounds which are bound together like dogs in heat; sometimes shooting off like flares amok, sometimes playing straight, strong swinging jazz lines with all the psychedelia of the Count Basie band. It is demanding, exhausting, and most of all, exciting music.”

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER: “…Stop, go, and listen! Denny Zeitlin is back in circulation—watch out! Zeitlin, always an experimenter, always restless and probing…an hour with this trio is an unbelievable and unworldly safari into sound and space interrelationships.”

CHICAGO READER: “…he has added exquisite expertise on clavinet, synthesizer, electric piano and organ to his already mammoth piano talents. And his imagination , too, has expanded, so that his endless inventions soar above and beyond his previous albums…he has taken an enormous first step in tearing down the barriers between acoustic and electric instruments…he controls a veritable orchestra of colors and textures, all combined into the unified whole of his musical conception…of course, even a fingertip filharmonic has a few gaps, and these are wonderfully filled by the remaining members of Denny’s current trio…there is an incredible amount of energy crammed within these grooves…”