Jemeel Moondoc Sextet - Konstanze's Delight (1981)

Konstanze's Delight consists of just three long pieces, the first of them an opportunity for the whole band to show its stuff. As so often in this context, Parker is the cement, setting off on dark, seductive chant that gradually reels in Moondoc, Campbell and the underrated Jamal, who conjures up storms on this record. The two horns seem to be engaged in a game of one-on-one ball, chasing, dodging, body-checking and setting up half a dozen false climaxes before the whole thing unwinds. At longer than half an hour, it palls pretty seriously before time's up, but it's part of a live set and is doubtless pretty typical of what Moondoc was doing at the time. "Chasin' the Moon" is high-octane stuff, a starring vehicle for Jamal and Christi. (The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Cd - Ninth Edition)

1.- Konstanze's Delight
2.- Chasing the Moon
3.- High Rise


Jemeel Moondoc (alto saxophone); Roy Campbell (trumpet); Khan Jamal (vibraphone); William Parker (bass); Dennis Charles (drums); Ellen Christi (voice).

Recorded live at 3rd Street Music School, New York on October 24, 1981.