Wallace McMillan - Live in Florence '79
LaRoy Roosevelt "Wallace" McMillan, is a name that probably few
people remember today, but during the seventies he was a regular
contributor to the likes of M.R.Abrams, W.L.Smirh, A.Braxton, H.
Threadgill, R.Mitchell and many others. Is sufficient to recall his
presennce in the R.Mitchell's masterpiece "Nonaah".
So forgotten that it is impossible to find a picture of him on the Web...
Rec. live in Florence, Italy, on July 3, 1979
(mics recording)
Wallace McMillan,alto & soprano saxes,flute,percussion
1. Improvisation (55:49)
2. Encore (10:11)
Total Time 1:06:11
9 comments:
mp3 (146 MB)
flac (348 MB) part1 part2
I think he's the seated one in the picture of the band from Threadgill's X-75 vol. 1:
http://ninegreychairs.blogspot.com/2010/01/x75-volume-1-henry-threadgill-arista.html
It was kind of amazing that McMillan played on an album with Threadgill, Jarman, and Ewart and played more instruments than any of them.
(And, thanks for posting this!)
It looks like McMillan was also on a pretty recent Douglas Ewart big band album (Velvet Fire), so he's probably still out there playing, thankfully, even if the record companies and internet have forgotten him.
Excellent performance by a very competent musician. It is a shame that he is so criminally under recorded.
Many thanks, riccardo.
thanks for the link and the artist lesson
Thanks very much for preserving (and making available to us) such history.
Thank you! Your collection amazes!
thanks, this looks an interesting addition to Chicago solo sax.
Wallace with George Lewis 5tet @ Moers 79 can be found here: http://restinbits.blogspot.com/2009/11/george-lewis-quintet-homage-to-charlie.html
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