Frank Wright – Your Prayer LP

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Reissue, originally released in 1967.Frank Wrightreturned to the studio in May 1967 to make his second album using a quintet of players little-known at the time but now legends to free-jazz cognoscenti. TrumpeterJacques Coursil, who almost made an album for ESP-Disk’ himself, went on to the greatest fame of the players besides Wright; alto saxophonistArthur Joneswas not recorded nearly as often as his talents deserved;Steve Tintweis‘s stint playing withAlbert Aylerraised the young bassist’s profile;Muhammad AliwasColtranedrummerRashied Ali‘s brother. Together they raise the roof on a free-jazz marathon that still stands as Wright’s magnum opus. “Your Prayerfinds Wright refining the bag his solos come from, yet maintaining a firm hold on the ecstatic free-blues shout that makes up most of his solo language…Your Prayeris a rather lengthy slab of high-energy grit, but its unified forward and upward motion make for a firmly rooted sonic liberation.” —Clifford Allen, All About Jazz “Rather intense at times, these emotional performances… still sound groundbreaking three decades later.” —Scott Yanow, All Music Personnel: Frank Wright – tenor saxophone; Arthur Jones – alto saxophone; Jacques Coursil – trumpet; Steve Tintweis – bass; Muhammad Ali – drums.