1001 Albums Summary

A discordant album. The birth of so much to come in the future from this album. Its so distorted and the music over powering the lyrics at most times. Favourite track is the spoken word track, The Gift.

This album always puts me in a such a good frame of mind. I first heard it when I was about 15 back in '78. The only Jazz I had been exposed to at the time was some very strident Be Bop that I didnt enjoy. This changed my view on Jazz and how wide ranging it is. I also love the fact that the quartet look like a bunch of accountants. Pick up Sticks is my favourite track on the album. Then there is artwork for the cover by S Neil Fujita. Fujita was the artist that produced the bookcover artwork for The Godfather, that was replicated for the movie posters. Such a great graphic artist.