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Released
  
1982

Length
  
41:06

Artist
  
Ronald Shannon Jackson

Producer
  
Ronald Shannon Jackson

Genre
  
Free jazz

Recorded
  
June 1982

Mandance (1982)
  
Barbeque Dog (1983)

Release date
  
1982

Label
  
Antilles Records

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Studio
  
Electric Lady Studios, NYC

Free jazz albums
  
Barbeque Dog, Dancing in Your Head, Cecil Taylor Unit, Spirits Rejoice, The Eighth

Mandance is an album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society recorded in 1982 for the Antilles label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The ensemble-oriented "free funk" music of drummer Roland Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society never can be accused of being overly mellow or lacking in excitement ... The frenetic and intense ensembles (essentially everyone solos at once) would not be classified as relaxing background music".

Track listing

All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson.

  1. "Man Dance" - 4:32
  2. "Iola" - 5:24
  3. "Spanking" - 3:07
  4. "Catman" - 6:42
  5. "The Art of Levitation" - 1:24
  6. "Belly Button" - 4:45
  7. "Giraffe" - 3:09
  8. "When Souls Speak" - 5:48
  9. "Alice in the Congo" - 6:09

Personnel

  • Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums
  • David Gordon (tracks 1, 2 & 8), Henry Scott (tracks 3-7 & 9) – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Zane Massey – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Lee Rozie – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 8)
  • Vernon Reid – electric guitar, steel guitar, Roland guitar synthesizer, banjo
  • Melvin Gibbs – electric bass
  • Reverend Bruce Johnson – fretless electric bass, electric bass

    • References

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