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Norman Connors

Dance Of Magic

Pure Pleasure

PPAN BDS56741

LP Black $50

SHIPS BY 2024-11-15

  • Re-mastering by: Cicely Baston at Alchemy/Air Mastering
  • Engineer: Harry Yarmark
  • Producer: Dennis Wilen, Skip Drinkwater
  • Pressed on black vinyl

Description

Recorded with a who’s who of fusion titans including trumpeter Eddie Henderson, bassist Stanley Clarke, and keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Dance of Magic channels the lessons drummer Norman Connors learned in the employ of Pharoah Sanders, Sam Rivers, and Sun Ra, marshalling Latin rhythms, electronic textures, and cosmic mysticism to create nondenominational yet deeply spiritual funk-jazz. The sprawling 21-minute title cut spans the entirety of the record’s first half, capturing a monumental jam session that explores the outer edges of free improvisation but never steps past the point of no return. Connors’ furious drumming is like a trail of bread crumbs that leads his collaborators back home. The remaining three tracks are smaller in scale but no less epic in scope, culminating with the blistering “Give the Drummer Some.”

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Dance Of Magic
  • 2 Morning Change
  • 3 Blue
  • 4 Give The Drummer Some