Jesse Sharps – Sharps And Flats
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Reeds – Jesse Sharps
Piano – Horace Tapscott (B2-3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Horace Tapscott]
Piano – Nate Morgan
Drums – Carl Burnett
Bass – Joel Ector
Trumpet – Steve Smith
Percussion – Alippa, Steve Smith (B3)
Bass Drum – JJ Kabasa (B3)
Flute – Joel Ector (B3), Nate Morgan (B3)
Written by Jesse Sharps (all tracks except B2), Horace Tapscott (B2)
1 LP, standard sleeve, Insert with Liner Notes
Limited to 1,000 copies
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Pure Pleasure Records
Original Label : Nimbus West
Recorded at Mat Hatter Studios on April 21, 1986
Engineered Dennis Moody
Produced by Tom Albach
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent
Photography and Liner Notes by Mark Weber
Originally released in 2004 as a CD and in 2018 as a double CD
Reissued in December 2022
Tracks :
Side A:
- The Goat and the Ramjam
- Question
- Macrame
Side B:
- Mike’s Tune
- As a Child
- Carnival
Reviews :
"Nimbus West reached into the vault for Sharps and Flats to pull out sessions by Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra leader, composer, and reedist Jesse Sharps. The program features six tracks with quintet recorded in '85, followed by a warm chunk of '79 PAPA playing a Sharps composition live. The music is rich and urbane, unafraid of appealing melodies and varying time signatures.
Opening with "The Goat and the Ramjam, snaky bass and a light piña colada piano from Nate Morgan set the stage for Steve Smith and Sharps' scaling the arrangement veering in mood from sunny to exotic. Burnette rings the changes joyfully, Morgan's lyrical side goes for a ride preceding Sharps' solo, itself swinging between sweet and scorching. A gutsy baritone leads the charge on the insistent "Question, Morgan's chords hitting like distant thunder. Smith simmers and burns, Sharps sculpts craggy lines. Morgan plays a whirlwind break with minor Tynerisms, Carl Burnette hitting for melody and beat.
Burnette sets a brisk pace to open "Mike's Tune, and all players keep the pedal to the floor. Smith takes the first plunge, followed by Sharps, flying on soprano. Morgan lays out some trademark agility, followed by Ector's double-jointed bass run. Horace Tapscott takes over the piano stool on "As a Child, a slower piece with a wistful minor. Tapscott steals the take with a solo that includes smears and spidery articulation. Sharps spreads buttery soprano before taking it to the outro. Tapscott's inventive pianistics dominate McKowsky's First Fifth. Adele Sebastian plays an extended interlude on flute, and Tapscott returns with more ideas.” Rex Butters, All About Jazz
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.33 / 5