''Equinox Express Elevator'' is an album by American guitarist

Howard Roberts Howard Mancel Roberts (October 2, 1929 – June 28, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist, educator, and session musician. Early life Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona to Damon and Vesta Roberts, and began playing guitar at the age of 8 — a ...

recorded in 1972 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography
accessed January 12, 2012

Reception

The

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

review awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Review
accessed January 12, 2012

Track listing

All compositions by Howard Roberts except as indicated # "Unfolding In" (Roberts,

Mike Wofford Mike Wofford (born in San Antonio, Texas) is a jazz pianist who was raised in San Diego, California. He was an accompanist to singers Sarah Vaughan (in 1979) and Ella Fitzgerald (1989–1994). He was known in the jazz community going back to the ...

Dave Grusin Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, incl ...

) – 5:13 # "Timelaps" – 1:51 # "T T T T" (Roberts, Ed Michel) – 4:43 # "Growing National Concern" – 3:53 # "2dB, Eyes of Blue" – 2:03 # "(The Single) (On This Side)" – 3:03 # "Real Freak of Nature Historical Monument" – 3:21 # "Slam" 5:34 # "Harold J. Ostly, The Country Tax Assessor" – 3:53 # "Unfolding In (On Itself)" (Roberts, Wofford, Grusin) – 1:39 The album jacket also lists "the reoccurring free rhythm tune – Mavro".

Personnel

– electric guitar,

12 string guitar A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in ...

, acoustic guitar, synthesizer guitar, vocals *

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electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into ele ...

*Ed Michel – synthesizer *

Jerry Scheff Jerry Obern Scheff (born January 31, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for his work with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977 as a member of his TCB Band and on the Doors' '' L.A. Woman''. Biography Scheff grew up in Vallejo, California. After ...

– electric bass *Mayuto Correa – percussion *Diana Lee – vocals

References

{{Authority control Impulse! Records albums Howard Roberts albums 1972 albums Albums produced by Bill Szymczyk