Mind Transplant is the third album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.[ Blue Note Records discography accessed January 12, 2011]
Reception
The
AllMusic review by Robert Taylor awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Raw and powerful, the music herein is what made fusion such a viable musical style... Easily one of the best fusion recordings of all time".
[Taylor, R. AllMusic Review accessed January 12, 2011]
Track listing
- All compositions by Elvena Mouzon
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"Mind Transplant" - 4:05
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"Snow Bound" - 3:05
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"Carbon Dioxide" - 4:38
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"Ascorbic Acid" - 3:26
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"Happiness Is Loving You" - 4:09
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"Some of the Things People Do" - 3:40
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"Golden Rainbows" - 6:56
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"Nitroglycerin" - 3:04
- *Recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studio III in Los Angeles, California on December 4 (tracks 2, 5 & 7), December 5 (track 6), December 6 (tracks 3 & 8) and December 9 & 10 (tracks 1 & 3), 1974
Personnel
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Alphonse Mouzon - drum kit, singing, synthesizer, electric piano, electric organ, arrangement, conducting
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Jerry Peters - electric piano, organ
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Tommy Bolin, Lee Ritenour - guitar
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Jay Graydon - guitar, voice bag on "Snow Bound", programming
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Henry Davis - bass guitar
Produced by Skip Drinkwater
Arranged By Alphonse Mouzon
