Tony Williams: Civilisation (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-79 Old Babies

Old Babies

As the title promises

The Newport Jazz Festival always brought the best out of Nina Simone

Joining the trumpeter was a state-of-the-art rhythm section featuring a young Herbie Hancock on piano (Hancock was making just his 2nd appearance on a Blue Note recording date following Byrd’s Chant session earlier that year)

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Tony Williams: Civilisation (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series) 1LP ETJS-79 Old BabiesBlue Note, 1986 Drummer Tony Williams had a long, fruitful relationship with Blue Note Records beginning in the 1960s when as a teenager he appeared on numerous post bop classicsHerbie Hancock Maiden Voyage, Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch, Andrew Hill Point of Departureand made his adventurous first albums as a leader: Life Time (1964) and Spring (1965). After exploring fusion with the Tony Williams Lifetime band in the 1970s, Williams returned to Blue Note