''Desire Develops an Edge'' is the second studio album by

Kip Hanrahan Kip Hanrahan (born December 9, 1954) is an American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist. Personal life Hanrahan was born in a Puerto Rican neighborhood in the Bronx to an Irish-Jewish family. His father left when he was 6 m ...

, released in 1983 on Hanrahan's own label American Clavé and featuring guests including

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Jamaaladeen Tacuma Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American free jazz bassist born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's Pr ...

, and

Chico Freeman Chico Freeman (born Earl Lavon Freeman Jr.; July 17, 1949) is a modern jazz tenor saxophonist and trumpeter and son of jazz saxophonist Von Freeman. He began recording as lead musician in 1976 with ''Morning Prayer'', won the New York Jazz Award ...

. Initially on vinyl it contained an LP and an EP; the CD release via the German label VeraBra differed in the sequence of the tracks and the song "Late Fall" instead of "The Edge You Always Loved in Me".

Background

This was the first album Kip created with

Jack Bruce John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and ‍bassist ‍of British rock band Cream. After the group disbande ...

and

Steve Swallow Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar. ...

, both of whom would go on to be on many future Hanrahan albums.

Critical reception

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'' described the album in a review, saying "''Desire'' is a record of jazz rock and salsa the way it should be today: inventive, moving, incisive, surprising. On top of everything else, it's so sensual! ...Jack Bruce gives one of the unforgettable vocal performances of the epoch... ''Desire Develops an Edge'' is not the record of the year, 1984 will be the year of ''Desire''"

Track listing

Personnel

– direction; percussion (1, 4, 16), vocals (4, 10) * Molly Farley – vocals (4, 7, 13) *

– vocals (1–5, 8–11, 13–17), electric bass (9, 13, 16) *

– electric bass (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14), piano (8, 11) *

– electric bass (1, 4, 17) * Sérgio Brandão – electric bass (2, 5, 15) *

Arto Lindsay Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation ''No New York''. In ...

– electric guitar (1–3, 5, 7–10, 14–17), vocals (4) * Elysee Pyronneau – electric guitar (2–5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16), vocals (4) * Alberto Bengolea – electric guitar (2, 5, 9, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (15) *

Jody Harris Jody Harris is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was born in Kansas and became a central figure in the seminal no wave scene in New York City in the 1970s. Career history Harris was lead guitarist in the Contortions, an ...

– electric guitar (3, 14, 17) * Ti'Plume Ricardo Franck – electric guitar and vocals (4) * Jean Claude Jean – electric guitar (9, 13) *

John Scofield John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), sometimes referred to as "Sco", is an American guitarist and composer whose music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention in the ...

– acoustic guitar (11) *

–

congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...

(1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15), percussion (4),

claves Claves (; ) are a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of short, wooden sticks about 20–25 centimeters (8–10 inches) long and about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in diameter. Although traditionally made of wood (typically rosewood, ebony o ...

(6), trumpet (12) * Puntilla Orlando Rios – congas (1–4, 7–10, 14, 16), percussion (1, 4, 14, 16), quinto (5, 12), vocals (6), shekere (9) * Olufemi Claudette Mitchell – shekere (4, 9), vocals (4), percussion (14, 16) *

Milton Cardona Milton Cardona (November 21, 1944 – September 19, 2014) was a percussionist, vocalist and conga player from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Milton Cardona made well over 1000 recordings, nine of which won Grammies. His career and was highly influence ...

– congas (4, 8, 12, 13, 16),

shekere The shekere (from Yoruba Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀) is a West African percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd. The Shekere originated in a tribe in Nigeria called the Yoruba. The ins ...

(4) *

Frisner Augustin Frisner Augustin () (March 1, 1948 – February 28, 2012) was a major performer and composer of Haitian Vodou drumming, and the first and only citizen of Haiti to win a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment ...

– congas (9), tambou (13, 16) * Gene Golden - congas (13, 16) * David Moss – percussion (17) *

Ignacio Berroa Ignacio Berroa (born July 8, 1953 in Havana, Cuba) is a jazz drummer. In 1980 Ignacio left his country during the Mariel Boatlift, moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet in 1981, becoming the drummer of all the important band G ...

– drums (1, 3, 7, 9, 14, 15) *

Anton Fier Anton Fier (June 20, 1956 – September 14, 2022) was an American drummer, producer, composer, and bandleader. Family Fier, known as Tony, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruthe Marie Fier and Anton J. Fier Jr., a former Marine and electrician. ...

– drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17) * Tico Harry Sylvain – drums (4, 8, 15) *

Hannibal Marvin Peterson Hannibal Lokumbe (born Marvin Peterson on November 11, 1948) is an American jazz trumpeter. Career A native of Smithville, Texas, United States, he is sometimes known by the name "Hannibal". He attended high school in Texas City, Texas and was i ...

– trumpet (13) *

Ricky Ford Ricky Ford (born March 4, 1954) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Ford was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States,) and studied at the New England Conservatory.Ricky Ford AllMusic In 1974, he recorded with Gunther Schuller ...

– tenor saxophone (1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15) *

John Stubblefield John Stubblefield (February 4, 1945 – July 4, 2005) was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, and oboist. Early life Stubblefield was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He studied music at the Association for the Advancement of Crea ...

– tenor saxophone (1, 8, 13, 17) *

Ned Rothenberg Ned Rothenberg (born September 15, 1956) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is known ...

– tenor saxophone (8) *

Teo Macero Attilio Joseph "Teo" Macero (October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years. Macero produced Miles Davis' ''Bitches Brew'', and Dave ...

– tenor saxophone (13) * Mario Rivera – baritone saxophone (13) *

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

– alto saxophone (17)

Technical personnel

* Kip Hanrahan – producer * Scott Marcus – executive producer *

Jon Fausty Jon Fausty (born February 20, 1949 ) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning sound and recording engineer best known for his work on some of the most successful Latin albums ever recorded. Fausty's career has spanned over six decades. He has desig ...

- recording and mixing engineer * David Rodriguez - recording engineer * Jack Adelman - mastering * Capoeira Graphics - cover design * Andy Freeberg - photography

References

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