''The Essence of Mystery'' is the debut album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon recorded in 1972 and released in 1973 on the Blue Note label.Blue Note Records discography
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Reception

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "Some frenetic drumming and good jazz/rock arrangements".Wynn, R
AllMusic Review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Alphonse Mouzon'' # "The Essence of Mystery" - 4:55 # "Funky Finger" - 3:40 # "Crying Angels" - 5:23 # "Why Can't We Make It" - 3:27 # "Macrobian" - 5:14 # "Spring Water" - 6:27 # "Sunflower" - 4:27 # "Thank You Lord" - 4:02 # "Antonia" - 4:40 :*Recorded at A&R Studios in New York City on December 13, 14 & 15, 1972

Personnel

* Alphonse Mouzon -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, timpani, tabla, percussion,

electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...

clavinet The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

, vocals * Buddy Terry -

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 ...

* Sonny Fortune -

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 ...

* Larry Willis - piano, electric piano *

Buster Williams Charles Anthony "Buster" Williams (born April 17, 1942) is an American jazz bassist. Williams is known for his membership in pianist Herbie Hancock's early 1970s group, working with guitarist Larry Coryell from the 1980s to present, working in th ...

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

* Wilbur Bascomb Jr. - electric bass

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Essence of Mystery, The Blue Note Records albums Alphonse Mouzon albums 1973 debut albums