Nucleus with Leon Thomas

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Didn't see this coming.  Anyone ever heard it?  Good personnel, but I wouldn't think of it being a good combination.

Nucleus and Leon Thomas

Live 1970 (Mini LP Replica) (CD)

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The first official release of the June 1970 Montreux Jazz Festival concert featuring trumpeter Ian Carr’s pioneering Nucleus performing with US vocalist Leon Thomas on a set of Thomas’ repertoire. The collaboration with Thomas is (in Ian Carr's words) a combination of the “rock thing...with the roots of the music”.

PERSONNEL:

LEON THOMAS, vocals
IAN CARR, trumpet & flugelhorn
KARL JENKINS, oboe & piano
BRIAN SMITH, soprano & tenor sax, flute
CHRIS SPEDDING, guitar
JEFF CLYNE, bass
JOHN MARSHALL, drums

Recorded at Montreux Jazz Festival, 1970

TRACKS:

01. The Creator Has A Master Plan
02. Echoes
03. Damn 'Nam (Ain't Going to Viet Nam)
04. One
05. Chains of Love
06. The Journey