Hear, Sense and Feel (Remastered) The Awakening

• 1 Awakening - Prologue Spring Thing 09:34
• 2 When Will It Ever End 07:18
• 3 Convulsions 05:43
• 4 Kera's Dance 10:03
• 5 Jupiter 06:28
• 6 Brand New Feeling 05:20
• 7 Awakening - Epilogue 00:51
• Total Runtime 45:17

Info for Hear, Sense and Feel (Remastered)

The Awakening sees the light of day again, escaping oblivion thanks to the reissuing of the Chicago-based jazz sextet's 1972 album titled Hear, Sense & Feel. While keeping attuned to John Coltrane's spirituality, the group follows a no-nonsense, straightforward jazz course with sidesteps into the freer jazz zones -- quite natural for band pianist Ken Chaney and saxophonist/flautist Ari Brown, given their involvement with the Afro-centric AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Music).

"An excellent funky fusion group from Chicago – and one of the best ensembles to record for the Black Jazz label! The group's made up of hip Chicago underground players – and includes Ken Chaney on electric piano, Ari Brown on saxes, and Frank Gordon on trumpet – a lineup that comes together with the same sort of righteous energy and soulful power as Windy City contemporaries like The Pharoahs or Earth Wind & Fire! On this first LP, they jam with a mix of righteous funk and spiritual soul jazz, mixing electric piano, choppy reeds, and tight horns with a powerful rhythm backing that never goes too over the top, and which stays in a good modal mode that works great for the soloists – soaringly expressive at a personal level, yet coming together with a really righteous group feel in the end. Tracks include "Jupiter", "Brand New Feeling", "Convulsions", and "Kera's Dance". (Dusty Groove)

Ken Chaney, piano, electric piano
Frank Gordon, trumpet, flugelhorn
Richard (Ari) Brown, tenor saxophone, flute
Arlington Davis, drums
Steve Galloway, trombone
Reggie Willis, bass
Richard Evans, electric bass ("Brand New Feeling")

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