+++ out now +++ Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus (LUMINESSENCE VINYL) | ECM Records

Order the vinyl here: https://ecm.lnk.to/TheJewelInTheLotus_LP ECM 1043 Release: 16. May 2025 Bennie Maupin: reeds, voice, Glockenspiel Herbie Hancock: piano, electric piano Buster Williams: double bass Frederick Waits: drums, marimba Billy Hart: drums Bill Summers: percussion Charles Sullivan: trumpet An unsung modernist classic from 1974 – Pitchfork Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters and Marion Brown’s Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. “A more selfless album is hard to imagine”, said Down Beat in 1975. “On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending”. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own. The album’s Luminessence vinyl edition arrives in a tip-on gatefold and includes new liner notes. Website: https://www.ecmrecords.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecmrecords Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ecm_records