The Jewel in the Lotus (album)
The Jewel in the Lotus is the debut album by jazz woodwind player Bennie Maupin, recorded and released in 1974. In 2011, Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer used samples of The Jewel in the Lotus as the basis for the track "Rensenada" on the remix album Re:ECM.
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz-fusion, jazz, modal jazz, avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 44:17 | |||
| Label | ECM | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| Pitchfork | 9.1/10[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  |
Track listing
- "Ensenada" – 8:15
- "Mappo" – 8:30
- "Excursion" – 4:52
- "Past + Present = Future" - 1:52
- "The Jewel in the Lotus" - 10:02
- "Winds of Change" - 1:30
- "Song for Tracie Dixon Summers" - 5:19
- "Past Is Past" - 3:57
- All compositions by Bennie Maupin
- Recorded at the Record Plant, New York City in March, 1974
Personnel
- Bennie Maupin - saxophones, flute, bass clarinet, voice, glockenspiel
- Herbie Hancock - acoustic and electric pianos
- Buster Williams - bass
- Billy Hart - drums (right channel)
- Freddie Waits - drums, marimba (left channel)
- Bill Summers - percussion
- Charles Sullivan - trumpet on "Mappo" and "Excursion"
References
- Jurek, Thom. "The Jewel in the Lotus". Allmusic.
- Haider, Shuja (April 28, 2019). "Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 133. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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