Fusion (nel)

After two iconic album under the banner Lifetime (Emergency! And Turn it Over) in trio with Larry Young and John McLaughlin, Tony Williams returned in this beginning of year 1971 with a new album and a new formula.

If Larry Young remains hammond organ, the guitar is now held by Ted Dunbar. Moreover, Lifetime's workforce grew, with Ron Carter (juggling bass and cello) and two drummers / percussionists (Don Alias ​​Smith and Warren) used simultaneously.
That said, this model effective leader from one song to another and so varies the thickness of the combo, always oriented towards jazz-rock fusion well soaked.
One can only be intrigued and seduced by opening the drive: one exclusively percussive vignette ("Clap city") that introduces "There comes a time," a mid-tempo song in which bewitching particularly stand guitar serpentine Dunbar, the polychrome organ Young and solar cymbals Williams. The leader gives voice even in the center of the piece, the time of a sung verse.

The rest of the album comes from fully oriented titles on percussion ("Piskow's filigree", "Some hip drum shit") and experimental beaches full complement "Circa 45" which sails between exotic indolence and energy discharges impactful, "Two worlds" with special guest, singer Jack Bruce (then used as atypical projects just coming out of the Escalator Over the Hill by Carla Bley), or "Lonesome wells (Gwendy trio)" in which Ron Carter and Williams do wonders worthy of the more toned rock.

The album concludes with "The Urchins of Shermêse" a hallucinogen and furious title that sums up the Lifetime overall project.
We appreciate throughout the Ego perfect understanding between the group members in these unbridled musical endeavors, worthy continuation of previous albums.