Black Beings cover

Black Beings

Released

Tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe, originally from Memphis, moved to New York at Ornette Coleman’s behest, where he met Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra. He played on Coltrane’s World Galaxy in 1972, and one year later made this hurricane of an album. Notable as William Parker’s recorded debut, it also features Joseph Jarman on alto and soprano saxes, Raymond Lee Cheng (billed as “The Wizard”) on violin, and Rashid Sinan on drums. Its three long tracks are unrelenting and electric, drawing a straight line from ’60s “fire music” to the loft scene.

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