''Mutima'' is the debut album led by bassist Cecil McBee recorded in 1974 and first released on the Strata-East label.Cecil McBee discography
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Reception

In his review for

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, Michael G. Nastos called it "A landmark recording in early creative improvised modern music" and states "McBee as a pure musician has staggering technique, rich harmonic ideas, and an indefatigable swing, but it is as a composer that he is set apart from other musicians of this mid-'70s era ...''Mutima'' (translated as "unseen forces") undoubtedly solidified his stature and brilliance as a major player".

Track listing

''All compositions by Cecil McBee'' # "From Within" - 11:21 # "Voice of the 7th Angel" - 2:02 # "Life Waves" - 9:13 # "Mutima" - 13:41 # "A Feeling" – 2:38 # "Tulsa Black" - 6:10

Personnel

* Cecil McBee - bass *Tex Allen -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

, flugelhorn (tracks 2-6) *Art Webb - flute (tracks 2 & 4-6) *Allen Braufman - alto saxophone (tracks 2-6) * George Adams -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, soprano saxophone (tracks 2-6) * Onaje Allen Gumbs -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

, electric piano (tracks 2-6) *

Jimmy Hopps James Edward Hopps Jr. (born 1939) is an American jazz drummer. Although he never recorded as a leader, he worked extensively with Roland Kirk, Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, and Pharoah Sanders during some of their well known sessions. He al ...

- drums (tracks 2-6) * Jabali Billy Hart - cymbal,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

(tracks 2 & 4-6) *Lawrence Killian - congas (tracks 2 & 4-6) *Michael Carvin -

gong A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs ...

, percussion (tracks 2 & 4-6) * Dee Dee Bridgewater -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

(track 2) *Cecil McBee, Jr. -

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

(track 6) *Allen Nelson - drums (track 5)

References

{{Authority control 1974 debut albums Cecil McBee albums Strata-East Records albums