View basket “First Light” has been added to your basket. Great Friends Sonny Fortune/Billy Harper/Stanley Cowell/Reggie Workman/Billy Hart SKU: PPAN024 Barcode: 5060149623527 47.00 £47.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure Released Date: 25th February 2022 Buying Format: 180g 2LP Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Re-mastering by: Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering Recorded in 1986 in Paris and originally released only in France, Great Friends mines the John Coltrane spiritual legacy with fervent incantatory playing and an ecstatic charge. Not that alto saxophonist Fortune and tenor man Harper necessarily speak with Trane’s voice, but the intensity of their playing and their use of certain scales and modes produce a Tranelike atmosphere. Drummer Hart (who organized this band at the request of a Japanese promoter), bassist Workman and pianist Cowell form a hard-hitting team alongside the horns. Things begin with “Cal Massey,” a tribute penned by Cowell. Harper sets the spiritual vibe in motion with a big-toned, take-no-prisoners solo. The Texas tenor man has the heaviest low-register sound in the business. On Workman’s “East Harlem Nostalgia,” he chomps into the low notes as a prelude to wailing runs into the upper register. Harper’s up tempo “Insight” is the album’s tour de force, with rippling solos and torrid exchanges between the saxophonists. Fortune’s searing tone is well suited to the exuberant joyride of this performance. The rhythm section can be compared to the McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones triumvirate that backed Trane. Equally heavyweight and agile, it is relentless in its conviction and spiritual attitude. Great Friends is hot. Owen Cordle/Jazz Times Personnel: Sonny Fortune – alto saxophone Billy Harper – tenor saxophone Stanley Cowell – piano, Reggie Workman– bass, Billy Hart – drums. Recorded July 7th 1986 at Sysmo studio, Paris by Dominique Samarcq Artist Sonny Fortune/Billy Harper/Stanley Cowell/Reggie Workman/Billy Hart Genre Jazz Label Pure Pleasure Buying Options 180g 2LP Format 180g , 2LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Side A: 1. Cal Massey 2. It Is Not True, Simply Because You Cannot Believe It 3. Thoughts Side B: 1. Equipoise 2. Synapse Side C: 1. East Harlem Nostalgia 2. Insight Side D: 1. 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