Dancing Girls by Pete La Roca Sims (from album : "Turkish Women At The Bath")

"Dancing Girls", included on the album "Turkish Women At The Bath" by Pete LaRoca Sims

John Gilmore (ts), Chick Corea (p), Walter Booker (b), Pete LaRoca Sims (d)

recorded at Impact Sound Studios, NYC, May 25, 1967 for
Produced by Alan Douglas
Label: 32 Jazz

photography by Juan Carlos Hernandez ( http://juancarloshernandezjazzphotographer.blogspot.com )

A "lost" classic of spiritual free jazz, Turkish Women is a charming session inspired by the decadent Ingres painting of the same name. This late 1960s session brought together the fiery, refined tenor sax of John Gilmore; the ruminative acoustic piano of (pre-fusion) Chick Corea; the heavy, hefty-duty bass of Walter Booker; and leader Pete LaRoca. LaRoca, who left music shortly after this 1967 session to devote his time to the art of law, is a contrapuntal percussionist who's even credited in The Rough Guide to Jazz as "the first person to record a totally free-tempo drum solo." It's an ensemble effort, but longtime Sun Ra sideman Gilmore delivers a rare non-Arkestra performance that demonstrates why Coltrane was so clearly influenced by Gilmore's tightly-controlled, sonic whirlwinds. ~ Mike McGonigal, Amazon.com