Ted Daniel: Tapestry

Ted Daniel Quintet
Tapestry
Sun Records SR 112

1. Tapestry
2. Sweet Dreams (For Your Eyes)
3. Mozambique

Tim Ingles - "non fretted" electric bass w/ wah wah pedal
Jerome Cooper - drums
Khan Jamal - vibraphone
Richard Daniel - electric fender rhodes w/ leslie speaker, wah wah pedal and echoplex
Ted Daniel - fluegel horn on all tracks

recorded at artists house on january 26, 1974
produced by noah howard for altsax productions

Review:

Ted Daniel is an American trumpeter in the NYC loft scene who has been sorely under-recorded over the years. This is one of his three full-length albums, recorded in 1974, and features a cast of Jerome Cooper, Khan Jamal, Tim Ingles, and (brother) Richard Daniel. Strangely, this is not the expected free jazz blowout like his self-titled private pressed album is. Instead, Rhodes driven too hot through a leslie with placid improv by Khan and Ted over the top is the order of the day. The result is a gorgeous album that is mellow, modal, and perfectly aimless.

As good a description as any. Nice recording. By the way, this is the same Sun Records that released a number of hard-to-find Frank Wright recordings during the 1970s.

Available May 20, 2008 at Porter Records.