Elements of the 7th

Elements of the 7th: Rhythmic Process = 2x()y) + 3

by Rex Butters
March 22, 2005

Assemble alumni from Randy Weston, Third World, Arrested Development, Sting, Harry Belafonte, Lonnie Liston Smith, Maxi Priest, and Mystic Merlin; throw in Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, and Sabir Mateen; and you have Elements of the 7th, hard blowing exercises in extended groovology. With talent like this on board, your expectations of being lifted from your seat materialize.

“3" opens the set. With Third World's Clifford “Moonie" Pusey snaking rusty wire wah-wah guitar leading over shakers and tambourine, and ...