Friends, by Marc Cohen (Copland) & John Abercrombie

Friends

by Marc Cohen (Copland) & John Abercrombie

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1.	5/8 Tune 09:23	info	buy track
2.	Black Vibrations 12:15	info	buy track
3.	Nursery Rhyme 10:24	info	buy track
4.	Loose Tune 13:05	info	buy track
5.	5/8 Tune-7/4 Tune [bonus track] 24:52	info	buy track
6.	Loose Tune [bonus track] 12:08	info	buy track
7.	Three Step Dance [bonus track] 10:35	info	buy track

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"Friends"
Marc Cohen/ John Abercrombie/ Clint Houston/ Jeff Williams
Oblivion Records OD-3 1973
More here: oblivionrecords.co/tagged/OD3
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“Electronic jazz record of the year: in fact, of the last few!”
–Jazz Forum

“Innovative. Very much worth your attention.” –DownBeat
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Before there was "fusion," young musicians were busily experimenting with bringing the harmonic, rhythmic and improvisational freedom flights of jazz and merging it with the excitement of the rock they'd grown up with.

'Friends' shows what could have been if bombast hadn't taken over.

From the 1973 liner notes:
Marc Cohen (now Copland) is from Philadelphia home of all good saxophonists. He has played with Chico Hamilton and was with Dreams for a short time. His alto saxophone is modified by an octave divider, two wah-wah pedals, a fuzz-tone, and a tape echo box. His tenor sax is quite ordinary.

John Abercrombie has played and recorded with Dreams, Chico Hamilton, Barry Miles, Gil Evans and is along with Clint in Jack DeJohnette’s band. On side one his guitar sounds from the left channel. He is on the right channel for Nursery Rhyme and on Loose Tune he isn’t.

Clint Houston has been the bassist for numerous groups including those of Roy Ayers, Woody Shaw, Herbie Mann, Sonny Greenwich, Charles Tolliver, and Art Blakey (whew) and is now playing with Jack DeJohnette’s new group.

Jeff Williams comes from (now don’t all swoon girls) Oberlin, Ohio. He played for a time with Stan Getz and is currently the drummer with tenor saxophonist Dave Liebman.

credits

released May 1, 2022

Marc Cohen [Copland]: electric alto saxophone & tenor saxophone
John Abercrombie: 6 string guitar, 12 string guitar
Jeff Williams: drums
Clint Houston: fretted bass, acoustic bass

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Produced by Marc Cohen [Copland] & Fred Seibert

[2008 note: Marc Cohen now performs on piano as Marc Copland]

Friends
Oblivion Records
OD-3 (1973)

Recorded December 1972, by successful exploitation of Columbia University’s WKCR. To everyone who has ever been there, thanks folks.

Produced by Marc Cohen and Fred Seibert
Engineering: Fred Seibert
Brains behind the engineering: Don Zimmerman
Microphones behind the brains: Marc Seiden
Pal: David Reitman
Graphics: the Oblivionettes co-starring Sue DeLaney
Photography: Trebor Trepla, Fred Seibert, and Robert Alpert (Mark Focus Jr.)
Advice: Don Grolnick, Michael Altshuler, and Lisa Lenovitz
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Bonus tracks, credits:

Marc Cohen: electric alto sax
Glen Moore: electric and acoustic bass
Jeff Williams: drums

Recorded at WKCR-FM, Studio 3
Columbia University, NYC
May 3, 1972

Bonus tracks recorded at WKCR-FM
May 3, 1972
Engineers: Fred Seibert & Don Zimmerman

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Oblivion Records Los Angeles, California

Oblivion Records is an independent American blues and jazz recording company, revived during the pandemic after 50 years to drop the digital release of an historic performance of jazz innovator Cecil Taylor in New York City in 1973.

Dick Pennington, Tom Pomposello and Fred Seibert started Oblivion in the back room of Tom's hippie record store on Long Island.

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