Carter Jefferson - 1978 - The Rise Of Atlantis

Carter Jefferson 

1978

The Rise Of Atlantis

01. Why

02. The Rise Of Atlantis

03. Wind Chimes

04. Changing Trains

05. Song For Gwen

06. Blues For Wood

Bass – Clint Houston

Congas, Percussion – Steve Thornton (tracks: A1 to A3)

Drums – Victor Lewis

Flugelhorn – Terumasa Hino (tracks: A1 to A3)

Piano – Harry Whitaker (tracks: A1 to A3)

Piano – John Hicks (tracks: B1 to B3)

Saxophone [Tenor, Soprano] – Carter Jefferson

Trumpet – Shunzo Ono (tracks: B1 to B3)

Trumpet – Terumasa Hino (tracks: A1 to A3)

Side A recorded on December 23, 1978. Side B recorded on December 27, 1978. Both dates recorded at CI Recording Studio, NYC.

A reliable and advanced soloist who spent most of his career as a sideman, Carter Jefferson is best-remembered for his association with Woody Shaw during 1977-1980. Jefferson started on clarinet and played alto before settling on tenor, going on tour early in the backup bands of the Temptations, the Supremes, and Little Richard. In 1971, he moved to New York to attend New York University and soon spent two years with Mongo Santamaria and a period in 1973 as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. After his important stint with Woody Shaw (with whom he recorded several times), Jefferson worked with many top players, including Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Cedar Walton, Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band, Malachi Thompson, and Jack Walrath's Masters of Suspense. His premature death in Poland after emergency surgery was a major loss. Carter Jefferson only led one record, The Rise of Atlantis, on the Timeless label in 1978.

A bold statement by one of the best underground jazz players of the 70s! Carter Jefferson cut his chops with Art Blakey in the years after Blakey had Billy Harper in the group -- and seemed to follow Harper into some of the same highly spiritual, soulful territory at the time! Jefferson's a bit more inside, but equally searching in his style -- and this key album as a leader is quite possibly one of the best-ever demonstrations of his talents. Carter's recorded here on tenor and soprano sax, in two different groups -- one with Terumasa Hino on trumpet, and one with Shunzo Ono on trumpet