Description
Title: Mutima
Artist: Cecil McBee
Label: Strata-East Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 708857741717
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2025-12-12
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: DELUXE EDITION, GATEFOLD LP JACKET, 180 GRAM VINYL
Cecil McBee”s debut album, Mutima, stands as a landmark achievement in 1970s jazz, blending the deeply introspective qualities of spiritual jazz with adventurous post-bop and avant-garde influences. Released in 1974 on the revered Strata-East label, the album highlights McBee”s virtuosic skill on the bass alongside his remarkable gift for crafting compositions that resonate with emotional and intellectual depth. Backed by a stellar ensemble featuring luminaries such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Onaje Allan Gumbs, and Dom Salvador, Mutima – translated as “”unseen forces”” – unfolds as a vivid musical journey.
Tracks:
1.1 From Within 11:25
1.2 Voice of the 7th Angel 2:06
1.3 Life Waves 9:20
1.4 Mutima 13:53
1.5 A Feeling 2:41
1.6 Tulsa Black 6:12
