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  Hal Russell (tenor saxophone, drums, vibes)
   Charles Tyler (baritone & alto saxophones, clarinet)
   Chuck Burdelik (alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet)
   Brian Sandstrom (bass, electric guitar, trumpet)
   Curt Bley (bass)
   Steve Hunt (drums, vibes)

John Litweiler writes in the liners, "Hal Russell and Charles Tyler are both veterans of the post-Coleman era.  Chicago drummer-vibest Russell had played with Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Ellington, Rollins, and a stream of other stars during the '50s, before he and some Coleman-inspired bandmates 'thought of taking a tune outside of the changes and just grooving with it...We found it easy.  We thought, wouldn't it be great to do this all the time?'  A few years later, Tyler a young Cleveland alto saxman in New York says Coleman's music, 'announced to me personally that you could play music without a piano and without specific chord changes.'   Freedom quickly became a way of life for both."

This was the second recording of the NRG Ensemble on Nessa and it truly set the pattern for the music that was to define Russell for the rest of his life.

This recording comes with our highest recommendation.

6 tracks in 53:28 minutes

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