Artist: Billy Gault
Album: When Destiny Calls
Genre: Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Modal
Label: SteepleChase
Released: 1974/1994
Recorded: Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, NY on October 29, 1974.
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- The Time of This World Is at Hand (Gault) - 7:12
- Aisha (Gault) - 4:24
- Mode for Trane (Gault) - 11:20
- When Destiny Calls (Gault) - 7:07
- Portrait of Joaner (Gault) - 8:23
- Nothing But a Man (Gault) - 4:52
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- Personnel:
- Billy Gault - piano
- Bill Saxton - tenor saxophone
- Billy Skinner - trumpet
- Ellen DeLeston, Joe Lee Wilson - vocals
- James Fish Benjamin - bass
- Michael Carvin - drums
Great stuff – and a beautiful album of spiritual jazz recorded by this obscure piano player who worked briefly with Jackie McLean in the seventies. Billy Gault had an amazingly soulful way of putting together his work, but never got bogged down in too much sentiment. There's some beautiful stuff on here, including the awesome "Mode for Trane", and "The Time of this World is at Hand", a great track that features vocals by Joe Lee Wilson (some of his best) and Ellen Deleston. Wilson and Deleston also sing on a few others too – in a moody, soulful and spiritual way that's almost a post-Coltrane take on the sound of Andy & The Bey Sisters. Other titles include "Aisha", "When Destiny Calls", "Portrait Of A Joaner", and "Nothing But A Man". This truly is an incredible record – one of our all time favorites of this generation!