Father Music, Mother Dance Explained

Father Music, Mother Dance
Type:	Album
Artist:	Michael White
Cover:	Father Music, Mother Dance.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	January 16, 17 & 18, 1974
Studio:	Wally Heider, San Francisco
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	28:36
Label:	Impulse! AS 9268
Producer:	Ed Michel
Chronology:	Michael White
Prev Title:	The Land of Spirit and Light
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Go With the Flow
Next Year:	1974

Father Music, Mother Dance is an album by American violinist and composer Michael White featuring performances recorded in 1974 and released on the Impulse! label.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Michael White

1. "Father Music, Mother Dance" – 5:40
2. "Reiko" – 6:31
3. "Commin' From" – 4:49
4. "Way Down Inside" – 6:34
5. "Water Children" – 9:15
6. "Mary's Waltz" – 3:38

Personnel

• Michael White – electric violin, rhythm violin, African tambourine, bass drum, handclapper, Moog synthesizer, vocals
• Norman Williams – alto saxophone
• Clifford Coulter – piano, electric piano, organ
• Bob King – guitar
• Kenneth Jenkins – bass, electric bass
• Clarence Becton – drums, agogô
• Kenneth Nash – congas, North African sakara drum, Knole drum, Chinese temple bells and gongs, cowbell, tambourine, wood bells, piano, electric piano bottom, pepper filled Kodak film can shaker, assorted African and South American percussion instruments
• Marti McCall – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Josef Powell, Myrna Matthews – backing vocals

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9200-series/#as-9268 Impulse! Records discography