Mosaic Select: Tony Williams (2007)

About this title: For the 24th Mosaic Select box set of reissues from the Blue Note vaults, series producer Michael Cuscuna has chosen five recordings in a seven-year span from 1985-1991 by drummer/bandleader Tony Williams. Note that this is not the complete Tony Williams on Blue Note, excluding his sessions after having left the Miles Davis Quintet, especially Life Time, Spring, and his sideman work with Jackie McLean, Eric Dolphy, and Sam Rivers. The complete latter-period group recordings included are Foreign Intrigue, Civilization, Angel Street, Native Heart, and The Story of Neptune. All are solidly in ... read more

Tracks:

1. Foreign Intrigue [Williams]
2. My Michele [Williams]
3. Life of the Party [Williams]
4. Takin' My Time [Williams]
5. Clearways [Williams]
6. Sister Cheryl [Williams]
7. Arboretum [Williams]
8. Geo Rose [Williams]
9. Warrior [Williams]
10. Ancient Eyes [Williams]
11. Soweto Nights [Williams]
12. The Slump [Williams]
13. Civilization [Williams]
14. Mutants on the Beach [Williams]
15. Citadel [Williams]
16. Angel Street [Williams]
17. Touch Me [Williams]
18. Red Mask [Williams]
19. Kiss Me [Williams]
20. Dreamland [Williams]
21. Only with You [Williams]
22. Pee Wee [Williams]
23. Thrill Me [Williams]
24. Obsession [Williams]
25. Native Heart [Williams]
26. Extreme Measures [Williams]
27. City of Lights [Williams]
28. Two Worlds [Williams]
29. Juicy Fruit [Williams]
30. Crystal Palace [Williams]
31. Liberty [Williams]
32. The Story of Neptune: Overture [Williams]
33. The Story of Neptune: Fear Not [Williams]
34. The Story of Neptune: Creatures of Conscience [Williams]
35. Blackbird [Lennon/McCartney]
36. Crime Scene [Williams]
37. Poinciana [Simon/Bernier]
38. Birdlike [Hubbard]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.