Alphonse Mouzon Group feat. special guest Larry Coryell
Jazz Live 1977
Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany 
19 November 1977

2022 reseed notes:

Lineage-reseed of files from 2016 DIME torrent > SBD sourced> checksums and torrent created in TLH> Dime

Seeding this now after coming across it while looking through some things I had that involved Miroslav Vitous. This precedes those ECM group shows that I seeded not long ago, and it reunites him with his original Weather Report rhythm section partner, Alphonse Mouzon. Mouzon is obviously the leader here, and this also involves his 11th House compadre Larry Coryell on a few tracks. There was also a recent show shared on DIME that featured Larry and Miroslav together. I did once attend a show in NYC around this time that was headlined by the Coryell-Mouzon Band being supported by the Miroslav Vitous Group (circa Magical Shepherd or Majesty Music), and either Brand X or David Sancious (can't recall, but my memory leans more towards Brand X).
Alphonse did do a few interesting albums for MPS that are referenced in the notes below. Throughout the 70's be bounced back and forth between some pretty commercial releases and things that were decidedly more fusion oriented and/or adventurous. Stu Goldberg was, of course, the keyboardist on the final 1970's Mahavishnu album (and tour for) Inner Worlds. He'd also be in McLaughlin's One Truth Band at the end of the decade. Bob Malach did a few things in Europe in the late 70's with the likes of Jsper Van't Hof, but then was back in the US by the 90's (with Dave Weckl and possibly Mike Stern). I saw Alphonse in an 11th House Reunion band of sorts with Larry Coryell and Richard Bona about 10-15 years ago, and he could still really get around the kit.
Thanks to the previous seeders listed below and to whoever it was that first recorded and shared this show. Please support all of the players you like by paying to see them live and by purchasing their commercially released material.


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SBD - lineage unknown

Alphonse Mouzon Group:

Alphonse Mouzon - drums
Bob Malach - saxophones
Stu Goldberg - keyboards
Miroslav Vitous - bass

Special Guest: Larry Coryell - guitar (tracks 5-7)

Tracklist:

1. VIRTUE (A. Mouzon)
2. POOBLY (A. Mouzon)
3. MASTERFUNK (A. Mouzon)
4. COME INTO MY LIFE (A. Mouzon)
5. FOOTPRINTS (W. Shorter)
6. FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE (E. Harris) (fades out)
7. NIGHTMARE (A. Mouzon) (cuts in)

TT 75:21

This was during Alphonse's time with German label MPS, when he recorded the Albums "Virtue" and "In Search Of A Dream". All of his compositions played here are from those two albums.

Additional notes:
Partly re-tracked, gap in tr. 5 repaired, SBEs fixed.

Original upload by Groovehigh 2008-02-14, removed from the tracker 2009-04-28.
First reseed by kinebee 2010-11-28, removed from the tracker 2011-05-07.
Second reseed by propylaen in April 2013.
Third (?) reseed by Chunga in Febr. 2016.

Enjoy!