BENNIE MAUPIN: THE JEWEL IN THE LOTUS

LP from the "Luminessence" Series.

An unsung modernist classic from 1974 – Pitchfork

Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters and Marion Brown’s Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. “A more selfless album is hard to imagine”, said Down Beat in 1975. “On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending”. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own.

Featured Artists:

Bennie Maupin Reeds, Voice, Glockenspiel

Herbie Hancock Piano, Electric Piano

Buster Williams Bass

Frederick Waits Drums, Marimba

Billy Hart Drums

Bill Summers Percussion

Charles Sullivan Trumpet

Recorded

March 1974, The Record Plant, New York City

Original Release Date

01.11.1974