Love Lancaster. His stuff on Palm is great (very expensive though) and ”Exodus” on Philly Jazz. This one on Vortex is his debut. It’s a beautiful album with Lancaster playing both alto and flute. Love the change between these two instruments on each track. The session produced a very diverse set of tunes, each with it’s own special mood. Still, for some reason it feels cohesive to me.
The personell backing Lancaster are Sonny Sharrock on guitar, Jerome Hunter on bass, Eeic Gravatt on drums and Kenny Speller on congas.
Favorite picks are Sharrock’s spiritualistic ”John’s Children”, Lancaster’s take on Harold Arlen’s classic ”Over the Rainbow” and the beautifully dark ”Satan” where Sharrock’s guitar and Hunter’s bowed bass delivers the goods.
Highly recommended.
