Odyssey Of The Oblong Square by Steve Reid, released on Mustevic Sound Records in 1977.

Issued via Reid's own Mustevic Sound imprint in 1977, the album features bassist David Wertman, percussionist Mohammad Abdullah, trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah and Saxophonists Arthur Blythe and Charles Tyler....

"Drummer legend extraordinaire, Vietnam conscientious objector, ex- Black Panther, Steve Reid has played with everyone from James Brown to Sun Ra, Fela Kuti and Miles Davis, was a friend of John Coltrane, worked at Motown and, in the latter part of his career, worked extensively with Kieran Hebden, following his path of a radical, revolutionary music up until his untimely death in 2010... - Boomkat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voaoc2Kv-9s&list=RDvoaoc2Kv-9s&start_radio=1

#SteveReid #FreeJazz #Music #DavidWertman #MohammadAbdullah, #AhmedAbdullah #ArthurBlythe #CharlesTyler #SpiritualJazz #MustevicSound

Rhythmatism by Steve Reid, released on Mustevic Sound Records in 1976.

Drummer and composer extraordinaire Steve Reid’s ‘Rhythmatism’ is one of his deepest and most radical of albums of all time and features some of the heaviest jazz players - Arthur Blythe AKA Black Arthur, Charles Tyler, David Wertman and others. The album was originally released on Reid’s own Mustevic Sound label in 1976.

Reid was born in the South Bronx and grew up in Queens, New York. He played in the house band at Harlem's Apollo Theatre, accompanying James Brown as well as playing in Sun Ra’s Arkestra...He began his career as a teenager in the 1960s as a drummer at Motown when he played on Martha and The Vandellas’ ‘Heatwave’ (aged 14).

At the end of the 1960s Reid was sentenced to four years in jail as a conscientious objector of the Vietnam war... - Phonica Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-OHb8P84jE&list=RD8-OHb8P84jE&start_radio=1

#SteveReid #ArthurBlythe #Jazz #SpiritualJazz #FreeJazz #Music #MustevicSound #MoTown #Heatwave

Visions of the Third Eye by New Life Trio released on Mustevic Sound Records in 1980.

"...A string trio of Wertman, Ross and violinist Terry Jenoure was set to record, but Jenoure dropped out just prior to the date. This led Wertman to call his friend Steve Reid to come join the two at the Tin Pan Hollow Studios in Vermont to record what would become ‘Visions Of The Third Eye’ on December 6, 1978. Originally conceived as an all-acoustic date, the recording would morph slightly when Ross added electric guitar muscle on a number of pieces. Reid would then take the helm and release the recording in 1980, giving a very auspicious birth to what has now become a classic spiritual jazz recording..." - Finder Keepers Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lbDssO_wr0

#newlifetrio #stevereid #brendanross #davidwertman #spritualjazz #newyorkloftscene

Universal Sounds of America Review by Thom Jurek

..Numerous cuts here employ the word "space" in their titles and one references it directly. Belgrave, Reid, Morris and the Art Ensemble all had titles reissued on the Universal Sound label (and Reid recorded afresh for Soul Jazz). While the focus here is on the diversity of, to borrow a term from the AEC, "Great Black Music Ancient to the Future," it is deeply rooted in '70s out jazz, with only Belgrave and Morris providing deeper, wider visions. Morris' ..."Kitty Bey" replies on modal jazz and Latin rhythms to get his killer track across. Likewise, Sanders uses an electric piano to position himself in space on the gorgeous "Astral Traveling," and Belgrave take nearly ten with his "Space Odyssey," that reflects on funk, electronic abstraction and Detroit soul-jazz to get his rather elegant point across.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOVV4_XiHiA&list=PLzzuRbmk8Am8pa36dWKgO4pgw9aAxYPC8&index=5

#freejazz #souljazz #ArtEnsembleofChicago #sunra #spaceistheplace #byronmorris #stevereid

#NowPlaying Steve Reid - Rhythmatism (Mustevic Sound Inc., US 1976).

I an thrilled to have scored the original recording released on Reid's own Mustevic Sound label in 1976 🤩

Deep jazz masterpiece with Arthur Blythe (alto sax,) Dave Wertman (bass) and others…

#SteveReid #MustevicSoundRecords

The late Steve Reid on one of his last recordings before he passed in 2010:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yORsrP1QVQ

#Daxaar #SteveReid

Steve Reid - "Odyssey of the Oblong Square" (1977) #NowPlaying #SteveReid #ArthurBlythe #freejazz #vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/JgKsY8XM1kU

First time at @wavetable_ed today. Great evening of electronic music from #AndrewOstler, #SteveReid and #AlessandroMastroianni.

Only slight downside, was me with wallet stuffed with cash hoping for merch. Merch available but no one appeared to be selling it at the end before I had to leave to catch my bus home. 😞

Maybe try to get hold of it before the start, if possible, next time. Now booked up through to the March Weekender. Looking forward to @FieldLinesCartographer and @sjbucks then.