Point of No Return is the debut album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet released on the Moers Music label in 1977.

The album features a live performance by alto saxophonists Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake, tenor saxophonist David Murray and baritone saxophonist Hamiett Bluiett. It was recorded at the 6th International New Jazz Festival in Moers in June 1977.

Writer Gary Giddins commented: "little on... Point of No Return suggested serious absorption in exploring the potential of a renegade sax section (Murray's hurly-burly 'Scared Sheetless' pointedly fills most of the play time), and that little bit was by Hemphill, who always preferred group conception to workaday nightly improvisation." - Wikipedia

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Ray Anderson (born October 16, 1952) is an American jazz trombonist. Trained by the Chicago Symphony trombonists, he is regarded as someone who pushes the limits of the instrument, including performing on alto and soprano trombone. He is a colleague of trombonist George E. Lewis. Anderson also plays sousaphone (marching tuba) and sings." Wikipedia

"This is a 1980 album by the American trombonist Ray Anderson,..The music on this album takes a unique and intriguing approach, blending elements of country/western with a twist of New Orleans jazz, creating a somewhat Western cowboy’s movie-inspired atmosphere. It has a quirky sensibility that bends and shapes the music in unexpected ways, reminiscent of the solo works of Lester Bowie from the Art Ensemble of Chicago, but with an even more unconventional touch. Listening to it is a thoroughly enjoyable experience." Organicmusic

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