• 1. Cal Massey
      • 2. It Is Not True, Simply Because You Cannot Believe it
      • 3. Thoughts
      • 4. Equipoise
      • 5. Synapse
      • 6. East Harlem Nostalgia
      • 7. Insight
      • 8. Awakening

      Recorded in 1986 in Paris and originally released only in France, Great Friends mines the John Coltrane spiritual legacy with fervent incantatory playing and an ecstatic charge. Not that alto saxophonist Fortune and tenor man Harper necessarily speak with Trane’s voice, but the intensity of their playing and their use of certain scales and modes produce a Tranelike atmosphere. Drummer Hart (who organized this band at the request of a Japanese promoter), bassist Workman and pianist Cowell form a hard-hitting team alongside the horns.

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