Instant Death (album) explained

Instant Death
Type:	Album
Artist:	Eddie Harris
Cover:	Instant Death (album).jpg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	December 7, 1971
Studio:	Brunswick Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:24
Label:	Atlantic SD 1611
Producer:	Eddie Harris, Marvin Lagunoff
Chronology:	Eddie Harris
Prev Title:	Second Movement
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Eddie Harris Sings the Blues
Next Year:	1972

Instant Death is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review called the album "one of Eddie Harris's stronger Atlantic albums of the 1970s".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

1. "Instant Death" - 5:46
2. "Little Wes" (Ronald Muldrow) - 7:30
3. "Zambezi Dance" (Harris, Muldrow, Muhal Richard Abrams, Master Henry Gibson, Billy James) - 4:09
4. "Summer's on Its Way" - 7:46
5. "Nightcap" - 5:08
6. "Superfluous" - 3:18
7. "Tampion" - 2:47

Personnel

• Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, varitone, reed trumpet, cowbell, shaker, horn vocals
• Muhal Richard Abrams - electric piano, African whistle
• Ronald Muldrow - electric guitar
• Rufus Reid - bass, electric bass
• Billy James - drums
• Master Henry Gibson - congas, African talking drum

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1600-series/#sd-1611 Atlantic Records discography
2. http://www.eddieharris.com/#discography Eddie Harris Discography
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 11, 2012