Mandance
| Man Dance | ||||
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| Studio album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | June 1982 | |||
| Studio | Electric Lady Studios, NYC | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 41:06 | |||
| Label | Antilles AN 1008 | |||
| Producer | David Breskin, Ronald Shannon Jackson | |||
| Ronald Shannon Jackson chronology | ||||
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Man Dance is an album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society recorded in 1982 for the Antilles label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [3] |
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The ensemble-oriented "free funk" music of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society never can be accused of being overly mellow or lacking in excitement ... The frenetic and intense ensembles (essentially everyone solos at once) would not be classified as relaxing background music".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson.
- "Man Dance" - 4:32
- "Iola" - 5:24
- "Spanking" - 3:07
- "Catman" - 6:42
- "The Art of Levitation" - 1:24
- "Belly Button" - 4:45
- "Giraffe" - 3:09
- "When Souls Speak" - 5:48
- "Alice in the Congo" - 6:09
Personnel
- Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums
- David Gordon (tracks 1, 2 & 8), Henry Scott (tracks 3-7 & 9) – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Zane Massey – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Lee Rozie – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 8)
- Vernon Reid – electric guitar, steel guitar, Roland guitar synthesizer, banjo
- Melvin Gibbs – electric bass
- Reverend Bruce Johnson – fretless electric bass, electric bass
References
- ^ Jazzlists: Antilles 1000 series discography accessed November 1, 2016
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Mandance – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 110. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
External links
- Ronald Shannon Jackson on "Mandance", accessed November 1, 2016