TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!
Features “Cruel But Fair” and “Mercy Dash”.
HOPPER/DEAN/TIPPETT/GALLIVAN was an experimental jazz outfit formed in 1976 by the formerHopper and Dean, teaming up with the renowned jazz pianist and composer Keith Tippett and the remarkable avant garde drummer/synth player Joe Gallivan. In 1977 the quartet released their album Cruel but Fair, which Wally Stoup describes as: “…a wide-ranging programme of bristling, exploratory jazz and innovative electronic music. Gallivan plays synthesiser in addition to his propulsive, pulse-oriented drums, and on several cuts ("Jannakota" and "Rocky Recluse"), the music drifts into beguiling electronic soundscapes.
Cruel But Fair – Seven Drones, Jannakota, Echoes, Square Enough Fire, Rocky Recluse, Bjorn Free, Soul Fate
Mercy Dash 1. Intro 2. Calyx 3. Waffle Dust 4. Brass Wind Bells 5. Anguishy 6. Waffling Again 7. Punkom
