Charles Owens' Mother Lode - 1971 - I Stand Alone

Charles Owens' Mother Lode

1971

I Stand Alone

01. I Stand Alone 5:30

02. Mother Lode 3:12

03. Child Of Darkness 2:56

04. Cool It 5:08

05. Black Pride 5:55

06. Water Brother 3:20

07. Nightingale 4:21

08. I Want To Take You Higher 2:51

Drums – Bobby Thompson, William Jeffery

Electric Bass – Paul Smith 

Electric Piano – Dwight Dickerson

Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Charles Owens

Leader – Charles Owens

Percussion – Ricardo Torres

Tambourine – Bobby Thompson

Trombone – Thurman Green

Trumpet – Oscar Brashear

Vibraphone – Donald Moore (tracks: A3), Woody Murray

Saxophonist Charles Owens' career as a name jazzman began during 1968, when he attracted some attention as a sideman with Buddy Rich. Owens went from being an itinerant musician around the Boston area to playing with Buddy Rich in Las Vegas and continuing on for a three year stint which included a tour of Japan. Mongo Santamaria, who had heard Owens with Buddy Rich in Chicago, sent for Owens to join his band in New York. The looseness and rhythmic exotica in Mongo's group provided a valuable experience for Owens who also got a chance to bone up on his flute work. Owens began to make some headway in the studios of the Hollywood scene and began to build lasting relationships with many of the great musicians who would eventually grace his first solo album as a leader - dubbed Charles Owens Motherlode - "I Stand Alone," recorded in 1971.