Inside Story (Prince Lasha album)

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Inside Story
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Studio album by
Released1981
Recorded1965
StudioCBS Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length39:41
Label Enja
ENJA 3073 [1]
Producer Prince Lasha
Prince Lasha chronology
The Cry!
(1962)
Inside Story
(1981)
Insight
(1966)

Inside Story is an album by saxophonist Prince Lasha, recorded in 1965 but not released on the Enja label until 1981. [2] The compact disc (Enja CD 9131-2) appends the album Search for Tomorrow, a 1974 live album recorded at the Berkeley Jazz Festival, and previously released as Live At Berkeley Jazz Festival Vol. 2 (Birdseye 99001). [1] [2]

Contents

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "this obscure set features flutist Prince Lasha in prime form. ...The inside/outside music has its free moments and solidifies the leader's position as one of the best flutists in the avant-garde movement of the period". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Prince Lasha

  1. "Ethereal" - 7:13
  2. "Flight" - 7:15
  3. "Kwadwo Safari" - 7:36
  4. "Inside Story" - 8:04
  5. "Mary" - 9:31

The CD configuration appends three tracks from Search for Tomorrow: [2]

  1. "For the Child" - 8:55
  2. "Search for Tomorrow" - 6:13
  3. "Mayflower" (a.k.a. "Tracking Train") [1] - 16:16

Personnel

Inside Story

Search for Tomorrow

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Prince Lasha". Hello World! The Sonny Simmons Homepage. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Okazaki Masamichi. Prince Lasha - Inside Story (Liner notes). Stefan Pauli and Stefan Richter (translators). Enja Records. Enja CD 9131-2. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Inside Story – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 866. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.