Cat No:
EXP2CD45
Release Date: 15 June 2015
Label: Expansion Records / Passion Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5019421604525
Genres: Jazz
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Description
A cigarette and a screw, these are the respective images that confront us with Serpentine Fire and One Good Turn. These are images photographed by Buddy Endress placed in designs by Paula Scher, originally released on Tappan Zee, a label centred around an ensemble of musicians under the direction of Bob James during the late 70s, early 80s heyday of jazz-fusion.
The sound is rooted in the Fender Rhodes playing of Bob James, and is a more polished variation of a style born a few years earlier at CTI Records. However it was both defined and immortalised on Tappan Zee in 1978 on Bob's theme to the TV series Taxi.
It was the same year Mark Colby arrived at the label with Serpentine Fire. Both this debut and One Good Turn were produced by another name with a TV theme connection, Jay Chattaway.
Mark is from New York, born in Brooklyn into a musical family. He took to the saxophone via the clarinet and began playing professionally on sessions with artists including Wilson Pickett and The Bee Gees.
It was Maynard Ferguson who brought Mark back to New York to feature in his band, and at Columbia Records he met Bob James and that takes us to the start of his time at Tappan Zee.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Serpentine Fire
- 2. Daydreamer
- 3. On And On
- 4. King Tut
- 5. Renegade
- 6. Rainbow Wings
- 7. Skat Talk
- 8. Macbeth (For Folon)
- 9. Peace Of Mind
- 10. Song For My Daughter
- 11. Village Zoo
- 12. Capativa
Disc 1
Side 1
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From The Archives
The Future Sound Of London
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You Don't Care (About Our Love)
China Burton
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Look On The Good Side / They Say The Girl's Crazy
The Invitations
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Pulse 5
Various Artists
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The Change
Cornell C.C. Carter
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When I'm With You
Brenda Lee Eager
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(Our Hearts) Will Always Shine
Ozone
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Top Of The Stairs
Collins & Collins
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Escape With Me
Vincent Ingala
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A Night At The Symphony
Laufey
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Live In Amsterdam 1972
The Flying Burrito Brothers
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The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
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The Lost Studio Sessions
Gene Clark
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Soul & Salvation
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Practical Dreamers
Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis
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Sweden 1971
Miles Davis Septet
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