Stone Alliance – Stone Alliance (1976/2024) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Stone Alliance – Stone Alliance (1976/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 33:00 minutes | 350 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Now Again Records

Stone Alliance’s eponymous debut album begins with percussionist Don Alias and bassist Gene Perla setting the table with a subtle Afro-Cuban rhythm and then, before the album is even 90 seconds in, the rhythm catches fire and in comes saxophonist Steve Grossman with a torrential solo. The power trio rarely lets up from there. Whether it’s the breakneck, white-flame burn on tracks like the aforementioned “Vaya Mulatto” or “Duet” or “Samba De Negro,” Stone Alliance is like a sonic hurricane. Yeah, it slows down for a hip rendering of Stevie Wonder’s “Creepin’,” but that’s about the only breather you get. “Sweetie Pie” — probably the album’s best know song, sampled for ’90s rap group Original Flavor’s “Blowin Up the Spot” — might not feel like an assault, but the funk is so nasty it makes you scowl. And then there’s the album’s highlight, “King Tut,” a smoldering, deliberate, militant march with Alias and Grossman challenging each other to frenzy and Perla in the cut like a jazzy Bootsy Collins. These three musicians had teamed up two years prior for Grossman’s debut Some Shapes to Come. That was a much more cohesive, ambitious album from an artistic standpoint. This album is a looser, more rebellious effort and a must hear for ’70s jazz fans. – Vincent Thomas

Tracklist:

1. Stone Alliance – Vaya Mulatto (05:49)
2. Stone Alliance – King Tut (06:51)
3. Stone Alliance – Duet (05:36)
4. Stone Alliance – Sweetie-Pie (04:33)
5. Stone Alliance – Creepin’ (05:16)
6. Stone Alliance – Samba De Negro (04:53)

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