Seven Men In Neckties: The History of the Microscopic Septet, Vol. 1
CD 1: Take The Z Train
(original cover)
1 Chinese Twilight Zone (Johnston) (6:42)
2 Wishful Thinking (Johnston) (3:23)
3 Take the Z Train (Johnston) (7:24)
4 Mr Bradley Mr Martin (Forrester) (2:57)
5 Kelly Grows Up (Forrester) (5:05)
6 Pack the Ermines, Mary (Forrester) (3:52)
7 I Didn't Do It (Forrester) (8:45)
8 A Strange Thought Entered My Head (Johnston) (5:07)
9 Party At PJ's (Montalto) (6:30)
10 Bee Beep (Montalto) (8:02)
11 True (Forrester) (8:29)
12 Fresh Air Theme (Evil Twin) (Forrester) (0:57)
Total: 67:13
Tracks 1-4 and 6-8 are from Take the Z Train, originally released on Press Records in 1983.
Track 5 is an outtake from the Take the Z Train sessions.
Tracks 9-11 are unreleased tracks from the Let's Flip! session.
Track 12 is the first of the versions of the theme from Fresh Air.
Tracks 1-3,8-10 published by Jedible Music (BMI);
Tracks 4-7, 11-12 published by Way Real Music (BMI).
CD 2: Let's Flip!
(original cover)
1 The Lobster Parade (Forrester)(5:56)
2 Second Avenue (Forrester) (5:50)
3 Why Not? (Johnston) (3:39)
4 Let's Flip! (Johnston) (5:43)
5 Lazlo's Lament (Johnston) (6:58)
6 Boo Boo Coming (Forrester) (5:34)
7 Johnny Come Lately (Strayhorn, arr. Johnston)(7:07)
8 The Mirror (Johnston) (7:04)
9 Hoftstra's Dilema (Johnston) (5:53)
10 Women In Slow Motion (Forrester) (7:51)
11 Hey Wayne (Forrester) (4:07)
Total: 65:42
Notes:
Tracks 1-7 are from Let's Flip!, released on Osmosis Records in 1985.
Tracks 8-12 are unreleased tracks from the Let's Flip! session.
Tracks 1-3,8 published by Jedible Music (BMI);
Tracks 4-7, 11-12 published by Way Real Music (BMI); Track 7 published by Tempo Music (ASCAP).
Personnel:
Phillip Johnston: soprano saxophone. (all tracks)
Don Davis: alto saxophone (all tracks)
John Hagen: tenor saxophone (CD1 - tracks 1-8)
Danny Nigro: tenor saxophone (CD 1 - tracks 9-11, CD2 - tracks 1-11)
Paul Shapiro: tenor saxophone (CD1 - track 12)
Dave Sewelson: baritone saxophone (all tracks)
Joel Forrester: piano (all tracks)
David Hofstra: bass, tuba (all tracks)
Richard Dworkin: drums (all tracks)
Take the Z Train LP
Recorded December 15, 1982 & January 7, 1983 at Seltzer Sound, New York City
Engineer: Carl Seltzer
Cover Art: Amy Davis
Photographs: Bill Paradise
Artwork: R. Nemo Hill
Previously Unacknowledged Benefactress: Ana Becker
Originally released in 1983 as Press Records P4003
Let's Flip! LP
Recorded at Mephisto, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 23, 1984
Engineer: Dick Lucas
Photographs by Luba Burtyk (group) & Hans van de Pol (PJ)
Design: Frans Beekman
Production Coordination: Craig Johnson
Liner notes: Richard Foreman
Produced by George Coppens
Originally released in 1985 as Osmosis Records 6003
Never issued on CD
Fresh Air sessions
Fresh Air theme music produced by Terry Gross and Danny Miller
Recorded January 17, 1990 at Manhattan Recording Company, New York City
Engineer: Stuart Lehrman
Executive Producer: Andy Caploe
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
is produced at WHYY in Philadelphia and
distributed by National Public Radio
Never issued on CD.
September 20th release!
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