Mutima Explained

Mutima
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cecil McBee
Cover:	Mutima.jpg
Released:	1974
Recorded:	May 8, 1974, at Minot Studios, White Plains, New York
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Strata-East SES-7417
Producer:	Cecil McBee
Chronology:	Cecil McBee
Next Title:	Alternate Spaces
Next Year:	1977

Mutima is the debut album led by bassist Cecil McBee recorded in 1974 and first released on the Strata-East label.^[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos called it "A landmark recording in early creative improvised modern music" and states "McBee as a pure musician has staggering technique, rich harmonic ideas, and an indefatigable swing, but it is as a composer that he is set apart from other musicians of this mid-'70s era ...Mutima (translated as "unseen forces") undoubtedly solidified his stature and brilliance as a major player".

Track listing

All compositions by Cecil McBee

1. "From Within" – 11:21
2. "Voice of the 7th Angel" – 2:02
3. "Life Waves" – 9:13
4. "Mutima" – 13:41
5. "A Feeling" – 2:38
6. "Tulsa Black" – 6:10

Personnel

• Cecil McBee – bass
• Tex Allen – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2–6)
• Art Webb – flute (tracks 2 & 4–6)
• Allen Braufman – alto saxophone (tracks 2–6)
• George Adams – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 2–6)
• Onaje Allen Gumbs – piano, electric piano (tracks 2–6)
• Jimmy Hopps – drums (tracks 2–6)
• Jabali Billy Hart – cymbal, percussion (tracks 2 & 4–6)
• Lawrence Killian – congas (tracks 2 & 4–6)
• Michael Carvin – gong, percussion (tracks 2 & 4–6)
• Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals (track 2)
• Cecil McBee, Jr. – electric bass (track 6)
• Allen Nelson – drums (track 5)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/cecil-mcbee/catalog/#strata-east-ses-7417 Cecil McBee discography