Desert Marauders

Desert Marauders
Studio album by Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol
Released	1978
Recorded	June 1977
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:35
Label	ECM 1106
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Art Lande chronology
The Eccentricities of Earl Dant (1977) Desert Marauders (1978) The Story of Ba-Ku (1978)

Desert Marauders is an album by Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol in June 1977 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features trumpeter Mark Isham and rhythm section Bill Douglass and Kurt Wortman. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is solid, contemporary improvisational music, a touch laidback, and makes one wish this ensemble would have carried on. They were special." ^[2]

DownBeat assigned the album 4.5 stars. ^[3] Michael Zipkin wrote, "Although Lande is the "leader" of the date, writing four of the five tunes, his presence—while always unquestionable — is never overpowering or excessively upfront. This is indeed a band, one that listens to one another, displaying a sort of flowing cohesion that is anything but predictable". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Lande except as indicated

1. "Rubisa Patrol" - 15:57
2. "Livre (Near the Sky)" (Mark Isham) - 3:54
3. "El pueblo de las vacas tristes" - 5:50
4. "Perelandra" - 4:29
5. "Sansara" - 8:25

Personnel

Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol

• Art Lande – piano
• Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bill Douglass – bass, flute
• Kurt Wortman – drums, percussion

References

1. ECM discography Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 9, 2011
2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011
3. Zipkin, MIchael (March 8, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat . 46 (5): 22–23.