Live at the Captainâ€™s Cabin, by Charles Tolliver / Music Inc.

Live at the Captainâ€™s Cabin

by Charles Tolliver / Music Inc.

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mcvouty Self-Determination Music Lives! A welcomed reverb from the Strata-East era and all of those collective dreams we welcomed, needed, yet stillâ€¦

milton56 Many younger jazzfans probably don't even know Charles Tolliver. The elder ones can't forget him, and painfully tried to collect his albums, true 'rarae avis' out of print since distant years. As a lucky 'elder' who owns almost all Tolliver's recordings, I find this one absolutely striking and exciting : true 'fire music' from the early '70. Also the booklet is wonderful, this is an album who betrays loving care Favorite track: Impact.

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2 CD set. Comes in Gatefold card case with extensive booklet including rare photos, an essay by renowned writer Angelika Beener, and an interview with Tolliver by Jeremy Pelt and more!

CD 1

Black Vibrations (12:27)
(C. Houston)
Earlâ€™s World (11:08)
(C. Tolliver)
Impact (6:38)
(C. Tolliver)
Compassion (12:47)
(C. Tolliver)

CD 2

Truth (9:17)
(C. Tolliver)
Repetition (13:09)
(N. Hefti)
Stretch (16:38)
C. Tolliver

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1.	Black Vibrations 12:27	buy track
2.	Earl's World 11:08	buy track
3.	Impact 06:38	buy track
4.	Compassion 12:47	buy track
5.	Truth 09:17	buy track
6.	Repetition 13:09	buy track
7.	Stretch 16:38	buy track

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Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1942 and moved with his family to New York City when he was 10.

During his childhood, his grandmother gave him his first horn, a cornet he had coveted. Tolliver was attending Howard University in the early 1960s as a pharmacy major, when he decided to pursue music as a career and return home to New York City. He came to prominence in 1964, playing and recording on Jackie McLean's Blue Note albums. In 1971, Tolliver and Stanley Cowell founded Strata-East Records, and Tolliver released many albums and collaborations on Strata-East.

Live at Captain's Cabin is a newly discovered gem from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that finds Music Inc in absolutely fine form at a club called the Captain's Cabin. Playing mostly original music from Tolliver the band let's loose in the live setting. In his words "The players I had, John Hicks, Clint Houston and Cliff Barbaro. I just let them go do their thing and I didn't rein them in so we could have some pretty wild renditions of things, which if I were to do it now with a different rhythm section, it would sound different. It would be different. But I think that 50 something years ago that we were just expressing the exuberance of playing together and being on the road and the songs that I composed at that time, a few of them I still play, are completely different."

This is recording is an incredible document from an amazing band that was continually pushing boundaries.

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released November 29, 2024

Charles Tolliver â€“ trumpet
John Hicks â€“ piano
Clint Houston â€“ bass
Cliff Barbaro â€“ drums

All songs composed by Charles Tolliver except where noted
All songs published by Tolltone Pub Co./Condominium Publishing Group (BMI)

Produced For Release by Cory Weeds
Executive Producers: Cory Weeds, Raymon Torchinsky & Peter Brooke
Tape Transfer and Sound Restoration by Sheldon Zaharko
LP Mastering by Kevin Gary at Cohearant Audio
Original Producer: Marc Vasey
Original Recording Engineer: Jim Radzaio
Recorded at the Captainâ€™s Cabin, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 1973
Art Direction and Design : John Sellers
Cover Photo: Roberto Polillo â€“ CTS Images
Album Package Editor: Sharon Mcinnis
Production Manager: Cory Weeds
Photo Research: Cory Weeds

Special Thanks To: Raymon Torchinsky, Peter Brooke, Alan Torchinsky, Jeff Brocklebank, Jeremy Pelt, Eric Reed, Angelika Beener, Pasquale Grasso, Tim Rienert, Sharon McInnis and Frank Basile.

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Legendary trumpeter Charles Tolliver came to prominence playing & recording on Jackie McLean's Blue Note albums. In 1971 he and Stanley Cowell founded Strata-East Records. Music Inc.'s first recording for Strata East set the tone for one of the most respected and seminal recording movements in jazz history.
Tolliver lives in NYC where he continues to play and inspire. ... more

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