Description
Survival Research present a reissue of
Terry Gibbs & Alice Coltrane”s El Nutto, originally released in 1963. Before joining vibraphonist
Terry Gibbs” quartet in 1962, Detroit-born pianist
Alice McLeod played intermissions at the Paris Blue Note and appeared on French TV with saxophonist
Lucky Thompson, reaching Gibbs” attention in a duo with vibraphonist
Terry Pollard; in the quartet, she became the perfect foil for Gibbs, her understated piano making room for his intense improvisation, stepping up with her own expression when needed. El Nutto, their third LP, captures Alice at her best in this setting, as heard on the reveries of “”El Flippo”” and the title track, this solid set of Gibbs originals showing her virtuosity, composure, and curiousness, which would soon reach more cosmic highs, once she became Alice Coltrane.
