This out-of-print LP (one of several from the Prestige and Milestone catalog that are long overdue to be reissued on CD) was one of the finest of altoist
Gary Bartz's
early years. The 24-minute multi-movement
"Another Earth"
is a stormy affair matching
Bartz
with trumpeter
Charles Tolliver
, the fiery tenor
Pharoah Sanders
, pianist
Stanley Cowell
, bassist
Reggie Workman
and drummer
Freddy Waits
. The flip side of the record has three quartet outings by
,
Cowell
Workman
and
Waits
, including the mysterious ballad "Dark Nebula" and an uptempo blues, "UFO," plus a
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duet on "Lost in the Stars." Well worth searching for, this adventurous music is quite colorful and always holds one's interest. ~ Scott Yanow