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| 1. | Protocol
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| 2. | Daddy's Blues
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| 3. | Daddy's Little Girl
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| 4. | A Promise Kept
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| 5. | A Waltz for Emma
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| 6. | To Drum or Not to Drum
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| 7. | What Are You Doing Later On?
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| 8. | Seduction
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| 9. | The Night Is Still Young
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| 10. | Slammin'
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| 11. | Just Another Samba
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| 12. | Undulation
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| 13. | Africa
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Jazz / Contemporary Jazz
Alphonse Mouzon - Arranger, Bass (Acoustic), Bass (Electric), Bells, Concept, Design, Drums, Executive Producer, Flugelhorn, Horn (Alto), Kalimba, Marimba, Mixing, Organ, Percussion, Photography, Piano, Producer, Strings, Synthesizer, Trumpet
Eric Marienthal - Sax (Alto)
Ernie Watts - Sax (Tenor)
Gerald Albright - Sax (Alto)
Ralph Moore - Sax (Tenor)
Tony Dumas - Bass (Upright)
* Allison Anne Mouzon - Executive Producer
* Bernie Grundman - Mastering
* Ernie Savage - Second Engineer
* Jean-Pierre Mouzon - Executive Producer
* Joanne Pham - CD Graphics
* Michael McDonald - Engineer, Mixing
Alphonse Mouzon is among the most celebrated of all modern jazz drummers, with stints with Weather Report and McCoy Tyner rounding out a sweeping resume encompassing all styles. His most recent works were easy to chide based on their fluffy approach to pop simplicity, but he will face no such flack for The Night is Still Young, a look back into jazz traditions and forward towards its funkier radio friendly leanings. It's as if Mouzon took stock of his career and presented arguments for why every aspect--from melodic soul to traditional bop--was important at a particular time. After some wonderfully arranged odes to his newborn baby daughter with smoky trumpeter Sal Marquez and jack of all styles saxmen Ernie Watts, Ralph Moore and Eric Marienthal, the multi-instrumentalist recruits Gerald Albright for some new jack modern excitement. Some of the time, Mouzon really lets his multitude of chops fly, playing all the instruments himself, as on the travelogues to Brazil and Africa. In the midst of it all is a brief all-drums interlude which gives us a glimpse of the bread and butter upon which his entire career is based. Musical autobiographies don't get much more inspiring than this.
---Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Alphonse Mouzon
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Nov 21, 1948 in Charleston, SC
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Crossover Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop
Several different drummers helped put jazz fusion on the map in the '70s. The one who seems to get most of the credit is Billy Cobham, but others, such as Alphonse Mouzon, contributed quite a bit to the cause as well. Born on November 21, 1948, in Charleston, SC, Mouzon got serious with his drumming in high school, where he studied with both a saxophonist and a drummer. Relocating to New York City in the late '60s to attend college, Mouzon had a hard time deciding between a career in music, drama, or medicine. Music wound up getting the nod by the dawn of the '70s, when Mouzon served as a session drummer on recordings by Tim Hardin (Bird on a Wire), Gil Evans (Gil Evans), Weather Report (Weather Report), Norman Connors (Dance of Magic), John Klemmer (Magic and Movement), and Teruo Nakamura (Unicorn). Mouzon also began issuing solo albums around this time, including such early releases as 1972's The Essence of Mystery and 1973's Funky Snakefoot. But Mouzon decided to take a momentary break from session work to concentrate on being a full-time member of Larry Coryell's Eleventh House, with whom he appeared on several releases with from 1974 through 1975 (Introducing Larry Coryell & the Eleventh House, At Montreux, Level One, etc.). Throughout it all though, Mouzon never stopped issuing solo albums on a regular basis, including arguably his finest solo release, 1974's Mind Transplant, which would have undoubtedly garnered more attention if it wasn't issued so close to Cobham's 1973 classic Spectrum. Mouzon has also collaborated with others from time to time (such as the release Trilogue Live!, credited to Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius, and Mouzon) as well as teamed up from time to time with his old friend Coryell (1977's Back Together Again and also a full Eleventh House reunion during the late '90s). Mouzon isn't limited to just fusion however, as he's proven his versatility by either recording with or performing alongside the likes of Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Patrick Moraz, Tommy Bolin, and Chubby Checker. Additionally, Mouzon has returned sporadically to his other love, acting, including a part alongside Tom Hanks in the 1996 film, That Thing You Do!, and also serves as chairman/CEO for his own record label, Tenacious Records. Mouzon continues to issue albums, and also tours Europe and the U.S. on a regular basis -- leading his own trio, quartet, or quintet.
--- Greg Prato, All Music Guide |
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