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01. Creative Arts Ensemble - One Step Out
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02. Creative Arts Ensemble - Flashback Of Time
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03. Creative Arts Ensemble - All Praises Due
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04. Creative Arts Ensemble - Stars In Light Year Time
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ARTIST
CREATIVE ARTS ENSEMBLE
TITLE
One Step Out
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
OUTERNATIONAL SOUNDS
CATALOG #
OTR 005LP
OTR 005LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
4/26/2019
Outernational Sounds presents a Nimbus West spirit jazz essential: the
Creative Arts Ensemble
's classic debut
One Step Out
. This release features all tracks at full length for the first time on wax. One of the most sought after and highly-regarded titles to have appeared on
Tom Albach
's celebrated Nimbus West imprint,
One Step Out
is a timeless work of spiritualized jazz. A true gem from the Los Angeles jazz underground, the album was pianist and composer
Kaeef Ruzadun Ali
's first recording as leader of the Creative Arts Ensemble, the only large ensemble group that emerged directly from
Horace Tapscott
's legendary
Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra
community jazz group. A Los Angeles native, Kaeef was introduced to the Tapscott circle in the late 1970s. His first experience of the Arkestra's ethos was through PAPA tenorist
Michael Session
, who took him to the famous "Great House" at 2412 South Western Ave., LA -- a large mansion house which members of the Arkestra had taken over as a space for communal living. Life in the Great House was a continuous stream of music, dance and community events. "When I walked in there," recalled Kaeef, "it was like this whole rush came over me, just from going in the front door -- It was like a very, very warm feeling of love. I went and I came out with 'Flashback Of Time', and that was my first arrangement." Kaeef quickly became a significant contributor of compositions to the Arkestra's songbook -- his piece "New Horizon" would be recorded by Horace Tapscott for the latter's Tapscott Sessions series. But "Flashback Of Time" would eventually appear on
One Step Out
, played by the new group he had put together from stalwart Arkestra members. Inspired by both Tapscott's example and by the
Art Ensemble of Chicago
, Kaeef had wanted to follow their lead by assembling a larger unit. Featuring seasoned Arkestra regulars including reedsman
Dadisi Komolafe
, drummer
Woody "Sonship" Theus
and altoist
Gary Bias
, with veterans
Henry "The Skipper" Franklin
on bass and
George Bohannon
on trombone,
One Step Out
is a key document of the Los Angeles radical jazz underground. Featuring the sanctified vocals of Kaeef's sister,
B. J. Crowley
, the album is a tour de force of spiritually energized independent jazz music. On vinyl for the first time since 1981. 180 gram vinyl, mastered at 45rpm for enhanced sound; Fully licensed from Tom Albach.
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