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Alphonse Mouzon By All Means LP 180g Vinyl Herbie Hancock Freddie Hubbard Lee Ritenour MPS EU

Alphonse Mouzon By All Means LP 180g Vinyl Herbie Hancock Freddie Hubbard Lee Ritenour MPS EU Maximize
Artist: Alphonse Mouzon
Title: By All Means
Catalog Number: 0215722MSW
Label: MPS
Reissued by: MPS
Barcode: 4029759157229
Original release year: 1981
Reissue year: 2022
Number of discs: 1
Revolutions per minute: 33⅓ rpm
Disc size: 12"
Vinyl Weight Grade: 180gr
Total Item Weight: 283gr
Pressing country: Germany
For Market Release in: EU
Added to catalog on: February 12, 2024
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MPS feels like a musical treasure trove that had to be dug up from the twilights of Germany’s Black Forest. With diversity, courage, and quality as the trademarks of the label, founder Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer achieved world-wide renown as Germany’s first jazz label. A Mecca for famous international jazz stars and a host of talented young European discoveries.

 

 

  • Audiophile Vinyl LP
  • Pressed at Optimal Media in Germany
  • Remastered from the Original Master Tape

 

 

Alphonse Mouzon is perhaps most often associated with the music of Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Tommy Bolin, Roy Ayers and Stevie Wonder — just a few of the artists the legendary drummer worked with during his near 60-year playing career. Hired for his diversity and deep pocket (not to mention his writing, arranging and production skills) he also possessed some serious chops when the music required them, as many of his more frenetic fusion recordings with Weather Report and Larry Coryell testify.


At the time of his death in 2016 at the age of 68, drummer, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mouzon had for decades been a major force within the jazz, fusion, R&B and pop arenas. The early 1980s was a time when Mouzon toyed with disco and channelled funk. His musical amalgam was a far cry from the Saturday Night Fever brand — he brought more funk, more soul, more spontaneous creativity into the mix.


For By All Means, Mouzon brought together musicians who were masters in virtually any musical style. The rhythm section belonged to the who's who of the LA studio scene. Electric bassist Scott Edwards had worked with such stars as Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & Aretha Franklin. 21-year-old guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. was just beginning his stellar career, had recorded with Aretha Franklin and within a few years he would participate in Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bad and would go on to work with the likes of Elton John, George Duke, Al Jarreau, and Marcus Miller. Lee Ritenour began playing and recording with Mouzon in 1974.


At the age of 17, Ritenour first worked with Tony Bennett. He was also brought in to put a little more rock in the rock 'n roll of a couple of takes on Pink Floyd's seminal "The Wall." Over the years he has recorded with many of the giants of pop, rock, and jazz, and his own recordings have had a slew of Grammy nominations. Herbie Hancock stands beside Mouzon as the other major presence on the recording. Like Mouzon, at the beginning of the eighties he delved into disco, adding danceable grooves to the mix. During this period Mouzon was Herbie's drummer on four of Hancock's albums, so it seems appropriate that these two like-minded musicians came together for this recording. The Seawind Horns provide the last needed ingredient in this tasty musical concoction. Guesting on the title track, trumpet great Freddie Hubbard's contributes a flashy solo.


The album is a classic of the period, blending funk, disco, and improvisational creativity. By All Means, get out on your private dance floor and get up with it.

 

 

Musicians:

 

Freddie Hubbard - flugelhorn
Jerry Hey - flugelhorn, trumpet
Kim Hutchcroft - alto sax, flute
Larry Williams - tenor sax, flute
Larry Tim - oboe
Herbie Hancock - electric piano, piano
Lee Ritenour - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. - electric guitar
Scott Edwards - bass
Alphonse Mouzon - drums, percussion, synthesizer, electric piano

 

Track Listing:

 

1. Up, Up And Away
2. My Funny Valentine
3. Young One, For Debra
4. Blue Joe
5. It's Nice To Be With You
6. In A Sentimental Mood
7. Body And Soul
8. Romaine

 

Click here to listen to samples on YouTube.com

 

 


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