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Released
  
1987

Producer
  
Stefan F. Winter

Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
51:21

World Expansion(1987)
  
Sine Die(1987)

Label
  
JMT Records

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Recorded
  
November 1986Systems Two, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Artist
  
Steve Coleman and Five Elements

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World Expansion (subtitled (By the M-Base Neophyte)) is the third album by saxophonist Steve Coleman recorded in 1986 and released on the JMT label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael Erlewine states, "Not his jazziest release, but a lot of good clean funk".

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Coleman except as indicated

  1. "Desperate Move" - 6:18
  2. "Stone Bone Jr." (Coleman, Jimmy Cozier) - 1:13
  3. "Mad Monkey" - 3:36
  4. "Dream State" (Coleman, Geri Allen) - 6:36
  5. "Tang Lung" - 2:49
  6. "Yo-Ho" (Kelvyn Bell) - 4:05
  7. "And They Partied..." (Allen) - 4:17
  8. "In the Park" - 2:09
  9. "Just a Funky Old Song" (Graham Haynes) - 2:26
  10. "Urilai Thrane" - 1:52
  11. "To Perpetuate the Funk" (Kevin Bruce Harris) - 7:02
  12. "Koshine Koji" - 1:43
  13. "Tlydor's Bane" - 4:17
  14. "Park (Pt. II)" - 0:57 Bonus track on CD
  15. "Fire Theme (Intro)" - 1:56 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

  • Steve Coleman - alto saxophone, vocals
  • Graham Haynes - trumpet
  • Robin Eubanks - trombone, backing vocals
  • Geri Allen - keyboards, piano
  • Kelvyn Bell - electric guitar
  • Kevin Bruce Harris - electric bass, backing vocals
  • Mark Johnson - drums
  • D. K. Dyson (tracks 1, 5, 6, 11 & 13) Cassandra Wilson (tracks 3, 4 & 9), Jimmy Cozier (track 2) - vocals
  • Malik Cozier, Kelana Jackson, Tameka Jackson - backing vocals (track 2)

    • Songs

    1Desperate Move6:18
    2Stone Bone Jr1:13
    3Mad Monkey3:37

    References

    World Expansion Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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