Desire Develops an Edge explained

Desire Develops an Edge
Type:studio
Artist:Kip Hanrahan
Cover:Develops An Edge Album Cover.jpg
Released:1983
Studio:Latin Sound Studios and Eurosound, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:1:04:48
Label:American Clavé 1008/9
Producer:Kip Hanrahan
Prev Title:Coup de Tête
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:Vertical's Currency
Next Year:1984

Desire Develops an Edge is the second studio album by Kip Hanrahan, released in 1983 on Hanrahan's own label American Clavé and featuring guests including Jerry Gonzalez, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and Chico Freeman.[1] Initially on vinyl it contained an LP and an EP; the CD release via the German label VeraBra differed in the sequence of the tracks and the song "Late Fall" instead of "The Edge You Always Loved in Me".

Background

This was the first album Kip created with Jack Bruce and Steve Swallow, both of whom would go on to be on many future Hanrahan albums.

Critical reception

Le Monde described the album in a review, saying "Desire is a record of jazz rock and salsa the way it should be today: inventive, moving, incisive, surprising. On top of everything else, it's so sensual! ...Jack Bruce gives one of the unforgettable vocal performances of the epoch... Desire Develops an Edge is not the record of the year, 1984 will be the year of Desire" [2]

Personnel

Technical personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Desire Develops an Edge on American Clave label website . 29 November 2020.
  2. News: Contat . Michel . "Desire Develops an Edge", de Kip Hanrahan . 29 November 2020 . Le Monde . 3 March 1984.