1974 Solo Debut On 180g Vinyl LP! First Ever Vinyl Reissue!
Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio From Original Master Tapes!
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Azar Lawrence is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his contributions as sideman to McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones and Woody Shaw. Lawrence was the tenor saxophonist Tyner used following John Coltrane's death. His first solo album, Bridge into the New Age, was recorded in 1974 and released on the Prestige label.
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) from lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tapes and housed in a one-pocket old-school style tip-on jacket, this is the first-ever vinyl reissue of Azar Lawrences masterful statement, Bridge Into The New Age. An essential addition to any jazz collection, this landmark recording proudly displays its ancestral roots as a forbearer of the current jazz revival as embodied by Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down.
Features:
180g Vinyl LP
Lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from original master tapes
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
First ever vinyl reissue
Old-school style tip-on jacket
Includes Jazz Dispensary "Authorized Dealer" window cling
Musicians:
Azar Lawrence, soprano and tenor saxes
On "Bridge Into The New Age" & "The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love":
Jean Carn, voice
Woody Shaw, trumpet
(Shams) Ray Straughter, wood flute ("The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love" only)
Woody Murray, vibes
Clint Houston, bass
Billy Hart, drums
Guillerme Franco, percussion
Kenneth Nash, percussion (during the chanted introduction to "The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love")
On "Warriors Of Peace" & "Forces Of Nature":
Julian Priester, trombone ("Forces Of Love" only)
Hadley Caliman, flute ("Forces Of Love" only)
Black Arthur, alto sax
Joe Bonner, piano
John Heard, bass
Ndugu, drums
Mtume, conga drums, percussion
Kenneth Nash, percussion ("Warriors Of Peace" only)
"Fatisha" is played by Azar Lawrence, Joe Bonner and Kenneth Nash only
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Bridge Into The New Age
2. Fatisha
3. Warriors Of Peace
Side 2:
1. Forces Of Nature
2. The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love
Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio From Original Master Tapes!
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Azar Lawrence is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his contributions as sideman to McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Elvin Jones and Woody Shaw. Lawrence was the tenor saxophonist Tyner used following John Coltrane's death. His first solo album, Bridge into the New Age, was recorded in 1974 and released on the Prestige label.
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings (QRP) from lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tapes and housed in a one-pocket old-school style tip-on jacket, this is the first-ever vinyl reissue of Azar Lawrences masterful statement, Bridge Into The New Age. An essential addition to any jazz collection, this landmark recording proudly displays its ancestral roots as a forbearer of the current jazz revival as embodied by Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down.
Features:
180g Vinyl LP
Lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from original master tapes
Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
First ever vinyl reissue
Old-school style tip-on jacket
Includes Jazz Dispensary "Authorized Dealer" window cling
Musicians:
Azar Lawrence, soprano and tenor saxes
On "Bridge Into The New Age" & "The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love":
Jean Carn, voice
Woody Shaw, trumpet
(Shams) Ray Straughter, wood flute ("The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love" only)
Woody Murray, vibes
Clint Houston, bass
Billy Hart, drums
Guillerme Franco, percussion
Kenneth Nash, percussion (during the chanted introduction to "The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love")
On "Warriors Of Peace" & "Forces Of Nature":
Julian Priester, trombone ("Forces Of Love" only)
Hadley Caliman, flute ("Forces Of Love" only)
Black Arthur, alto sax
Joe Bonner, piano
John Heard, bass
Ndugu, drums
Mtume, conga drums, percussion
Kenneth Nash, percussion ("Warriors Of Peace" only)
"Fatisha" is played by Azar Lawrence, Joe Bonner and Kenneth Nash only
Selections:
Side 1:
1. Bridge Into The New Age
2. Fatisha
3. Warriors Of Peace
Side 2:
1. Forces Of Nature
2. The Beautiful And Omnipresent Love