#99 ART JACKSON'S ATROCITY The Unreleased 1978 Impulse! Sessions, by Art Jackson's Atrocity

#99 ART JACKSON'S ATROCITY The Unreleased 1978 Impulse! Sessions

by Art Jackson's Atrocity

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	1.	Waiting For The Chute To Open 01:54
	2.	Butterflied 05:02
	3.	Atonement 04:06
	4.	Pachydermia 11:09
	5.	The Final Five At Phibes 04:12
	6.	North By Northwest 05:31
	7.	The Dark Dense City 07:08

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The "Impulse! Sessions" is a bit of a misnomer. While it WAS the title found on this recording's 2-track master safety reel (the only surviving master of any kind), and it appears now as it was originally readied for submission to the storied Impulse! label... there is no documentation that the label ever received or heard this music. It seems unlikely, anyway.

Recorded in East St. Louis in the fall of 1978, Art Jackson's Atrocity self-produced this collection of demos, rehearsals and jams as an audio introduction for the label. Instead... these "sessions," actually recorded over the course of about 3 months, were quietly entombed for over 45 years. Never to be heard again. Further, The Atrocity never bothered to go back to these tapes when considering an official 4th LP release, thus sealing the fate of these recordings.

Is this the future of jazz/rock/avant-garde, circa 1978? Or just a singular voice in the void? These tapes capture the final incarnation of the original line-up of Art Jackson's Atrocity.

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released April 22, 2024

guitars: Art Jackson
bass: Artis Killins
drums: Kurtis Snider
keyboards: Pharaoh Keyes
sax/trumpet/flute: Joseph Mix
sax/trumpet: Eric Gaye
guitar: Roger Houston
violin/viola/cello: Val Heston
percussion: Mark Napoleon

Waiting For The Chute To Open... (1:54)
Butterflied (5:02)
Atonement (4:06)
Pachydermia (11:09)
The Final Five At Phibes (4:12)
North By Northwest (5:31)
The Dark Dense City (7:08)

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