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Cipher Syntax

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Released
  
1989

Label
  
JMT JMT 834 425

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
51:49

Release date
  
1989

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Recorded
  
March-April 1988 Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY

Producer
  
Greg Osby & Steve Coleman

Cipher Syntax (1989)
  
Season of Renewal (1990)

Artists
  
Strata Institute, Greg Osby

Similar
  
Steve Coleman albums, Jazz albums

Cipher Syntax is an album by Strata Institute, an M-Base group led by saxophonists Greg Osby and Steve Coleman, recorded in 1988 and released on the JMT label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos states, "An acquired taste, but still excellent".

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Coleman except as indicated

  1. "Slang" - 9:18
  2. "Bed Stuy" - 7:08
  3. "Turn of Events" (Greg Osby) - 3:23
  4. "Decrepidus" (Osby) - 3:49
  5. "Ihgnat Down" (Strata Institute) - 2:23
  6. "Micro-Move" - 4:17
  7. "Wild" - 3:04
  8. "Humantic" (Osby) - 7:19
  9. "Abacus" - 7:28
  10. "Ihgnat" (Strata Institute) - 3:27

Personnel

  • Steve Coleman - alto saxophone
  • Greg Osby - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • David Gilmore - electric guitar (tracks 1-3, 5 & 8-10)
  • Bob Hurst - acoustic bass (tracks 1-5 & 7-10)
  • Marvin "Smitty" Smith (tracks 1-3, 5 & 7-10), Tani Tabbal (tracks 1, 4, 8 & 9) - drums

    • References

    Cipher Syntax Wikipedia
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