Nearly six decades after they were recorded, the lost 1967 sessions of The Contemporary Jazz Quintet have finally surfaced on Action A, B, C, E, released via Formalibera in 2025. These recordings capture the group at a pivotal creative moment, delivering a form of free jazz that builds from glacial, tension-filled passages into eruptions of fierce, high-energy intensity that draw comparisons to some of the most celebrated names in the genre.
What makes Action A, B, C, E such a remarkable listen is the context surrounding its creation — recorded before the band pivoted toward electric instrumentation, these sessions were shelved and never released, preserving a raw and uncompromising snapshot of the quintet's acoustic voice at its most powerful. Presented here for the first time, and accompanied by an insert, this is an essential document of avant-garde jazz history that finally gets its long-overdue debut.
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- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Formalibera
- Genre: Jazz
- Release Date: 09/05/2025
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TRACKS
A1. Action A
A2. Action E
B1. Action C
B2. Action B
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