Save Now MIXED BAG MIXED BAG’S FIRST ALBUM – LP

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UPC: 735202315224 Label: TIDAL WAVES Format: LPRelease Date: August 4, 2023In stock items ship within 48 hours

• Rare Soul-Jazz-Fusion from Ann Arbor
• Originally released on Tribe Records in 1976
• Featuring an all-star line-up
• 180g BLACK vinyl limited to 500 copies (w/obi strip)

Mixed bag (aka The Mixed Bag) was an all-star project from Detroit/Ann Harbor area who released one of the most obscure albums on the Tribe Records label in the 70s (and one of the greatest too). The line-up is impressing to say the least:

On bass we have RON BROOKS (who also produced the album). Brooks has been a major player in, and influence on, the Detroit jazz community for several decades. Ron emerged on the scene in the 1960s, performing on bass with piano greats-to-be Bob James and Stanley Cowell. He was a member of the Contemporary Jazz Quintet, led by the late, great Detroit pianist Kenny Cox.

On the drums we have DANNY SPENCER who has a unique style that exemplifies the best of the Detroit tradition of aggressive and explorative