cccxxvii. BOWIE, Lester (Brass Fantasy): Macho (Dedicated to Machito)

cccxxvii. BOWIE, Lester (1941-1999) (Brass Fantasy)

Macho (Dedicated to Machito) (1986)
LB, trumpet
Stanton Davis, trumpet
Malachi Thompson, trumpet
Rasul Siddik, trumpet
Steve Turre, trombone
Frank Lacy, trombone
Vincent Chancey, French Horn
Bob Stewart, tuba
Phillip Wilson, drums
(6:16)

from: The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles (Avant Pop).

A Turre composition.

Afro-Cuban beat in honor of Machito, who had passed away shortly before this recording. Stewart's tuba acts as a bass player, and so you get a true big-band feeling here -- not missing a true rhythm section at all.

The track bubbles and boils.