Williams, Anthony
Life Time
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed 2024 Blue Note Tone Poet reissue cut directly from the original analogue tapes and pressed on 180gm audiophile vinyl at RTI. Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent audio. Gatefold jacket, custom hype sticker affixed to plastic sleeve. "Drummer Tony Williams' first recording as a leader (made when he was 18 and still billed as Anthony Williams) gave him an opportunity to utilize an advanced group of musicians: tenor saxophonist Sam Rivers, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Herbie Hancock, and both Richard Davis and Gary Peacock on bass. Williams wrote all four of the pieces and has a different combination of players on each song. The freely improvised "Memory" features Hutcherson, Hancock, and Williams in some colorful and at times spacy interplay; "Barb's Song to the Wizard" is a Hancock-Ron Carter duet; "Tomorrow Afternoon" has Rivers, Peacock and Williams in a trio; and all of the musicians (except Hutcherson) are on the sidelong "2 Pieces of One." The unpredictable music holds one's interest; a very strong debut for the masterful drummer." All Music Guide - Scott Yanow