''Motherland Pulse'' is the debut album by saxophonist Steve Coleman recorded in 1985 and released on

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Reception

In his review for

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, Scott Yanow wrote, "The funky yet creative music has less crowded ensembles than Coleman's upcoming records would, and serves as a fine showcase for the talented and strikingly original altoist who contributed six of the eight numbers".Yanow, S.
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

''All compositions by Steve Coleman except as indicated'' # "Irate Blues" ( Jean-Paul Bourelly) - 4:23 # "Another Level" - 5:46 # "Cüd Ba-Rith" - 5:02 # "Wights Waits for Weights" - 5:13 # "No Good Time Fairies" - 5:48 # "On This" - 5:11 # "The Glide Was in the Ride" (Geri Allen) - 4:02 # "Motherland Pulse" - 5:10

Personnel

* Steve Coleman – alto saxophone *

Geri Allen Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. In addition to her career as a performer and bandleader, Allen was also an associate professor of music at the University of Pittsburgh ...

– piano *

Lonnie Plaxico Lonnie Plaxico (born September 4, 1960) is an American jazz double bassist. Biography Plaxico was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a musical family, and started playing the bass at the age of twelve, turning professional at fourteen (playing bot ...

– bass *Mark Johnson (track 5),

Marvin "Smitty" Smith Marvin "Smitty" Smith (born June 24, 1961) is an American jazz drummer and composer. Marvin Smith was born in Waukegan, Illinois, where his father, Marvin Sr., was a drummer. "Smitty" was exposed to music at a young age, receiving formal musica ...

(tracks 1–4; 6–8) – drums *

Graham Haynes Graham Haynes (born September 16, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cornetist, trumpeter and composer. The son of jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Graham is known for his work in nu jazz, fusing jazz with elements of hip hop and electronic music ...

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(tracks 3 and 5) *

Cassandra Wilson Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She is one of the most successful female Jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed wi ...

– vocals (track 5)

References

{{Authority control 1985 albums Steve Coleman albums JMT Records albums Winter & Winter Records albums