Album · 1981
Tracklist
A1 Whatever I Want 5:43
A2 At The Moment Of The Serve 5:39
A3 This Night Comes Out Of Both Of Us 5:40
A4 India Song 4:13
B1 A Lover Divides Time (To Hear How It Sounds) 3:17
B2 No One Gets To Transcend Anything (No One Except Oil Company Executives) 3:42
B3 Shadow To Shadow 7:06
B4 Sketch From "Two Cubas" 4:07
B5 Heart On My Sleeve 5:14
Line-up/Musicians
Accordion – Orlando Di Girolamo (tracks: A4, B5)
Alto Saxophone – Carlos Ward (tracks: A2, A4, B3, B5), George Cartwright (tracks: A1)
Bass – Cecil McBee (tracks: B5)
Bongos – Nicky Marrero (tracks: A1)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Chico Freeman (tracks: A4)
Congas – Angel Perez (tracks: B2), Carlos Mestre (tracks: B4), Gene Golden (tracks: B4), Jerry Gonzalez (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2, B4)
Congas, Percussion [Iya] – Daniel Ponce (tracks: A2, B1)
Drums [Trap] – Anton Fier (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4), Ignacio Berroa (tracks: A2), Victor Lewis (tracks: B5)
Electric Bass – Bill Laswell (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B3), Jamaaladeen Tacuma (tracks: A2, B1, B2)
Electric Guitar – Arto Lindsay (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4), Bern Nix (tracks: B2), Fred Frith (tracks: B3), George Naha (tracks: A2, A3)
Flute – George Cartwright (tracks: A4)
Flute, Flute [Wooden] – Byard Lancaster (tracks: A3)
Flute, Piccolo Flute – George Cartwright (tracks: A3)
French Horn – John Clark (tracks: A4)
Percussion [Itotole, Quinto] – Jerry Gonzalez (tracks: B3)
Percussion [Iya] – Daniel Ponce (tracks: A1, A3)
Percussion [Okonkolo] – Nicky Marrero (tracks: A3)
Percussion, Percussion [Quinto] – Kip Hanrahan (tracks: A3)
Percussion, Synthesizer [String] – Kip Hanrahan (tracks: B4)
Percussion, Vocals – Kip Hanrahan (tracks: A1, A2, B2)
Piano, Vocals – Carla Bley (tracks: A4)
Shekere [Chekere] – Daniel Ponce (tracks: B3), Gene Golden (tracks: B2), Jerry Gonzalez (tracks: B3)
Soprano Saxophone – David Liebman (tracks: B5)
Surdo [Grande], Agogô – Dom Um Romao (tracks: B3)
Tenor Saxophone – Byard Lancaster (tracks: A1), Chico Freeman (tracks: A1, A2, B5), John Stobblefield (tracks: B2), Teo Macero (tracks: B5)
Trumpet – Michael Mantler (tracks: B4)
Violin – Billy Bang (tracks: A4)
Vocals – Lisa Herman (tracks: A3, B1, B3)
About this release
American Clavé – AMCL1007 (US)
Recorded November 1980 through February 1981 at Latin Sound Studios, New York, N.Y. except "No One Gets To Transcend" recorded July 1981 at Latin Sound and "Two Cubas" recorded July 1979 and January 1980 at Grog Kill Studios, Willow, N.Y.
Thanks to snobb for the addition