''Live at the Caravan of Dreams'' is an album by
Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society with Twins Seven Seven, recorded in 1985 at the
Caravan of Dreams
Caravan of Dreams was a performing arts center in the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas during the 1980s and 1990s. The venue was best known locally as a live music nightclub, though this was only one part of a larger facility. The ...
in
Fort Worth, Texas, and released on the Caravan of Dreams label. The album was rereleased on CD in 1999 on
Knit Classics as ''Beast in the Spider Bush: Live at the Caravan of Dreams''.
Reception
The
AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "The trademark harmolodic melody lines are present, but in the way of real group interplay and improvisation, there is little heat. Twins Seven Seven is a fantastic singing and drumming group; it would be a treat to hear them in some setting other than this one. As for the Decoding Society, it's clear that this was the beginning of the end creatively."
Track listing
All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson.
# "The Ancient Voice of "E"" – 9:45
# "Dream Caravan" – 8:54
itled African Seance" on reissue# "Ire (Eray)" – 9:04
# "Boiling Cabbage" – 11:18
Personnel
*
Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums
*
Eric Person –
alto saxophone
The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...
,
soprano saxophone
The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...
*Akbar Ali – violin, barriphone
*Cary Denigris – guitar
* Reginal Washington – electric bass
*
Twins Seven Seven – vocals, percussion,
talking drum
References
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1986 live albums
Ronald Shannon Jackson live albums
Caravan of Dreams albums