The Great Pretender

~ Release by Lester Bowie (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1The Great Pretender
baritone saxophone:
Hamiet Bluiett (jazz baritone saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist)
membranophone:
Phillip Wilson (blues/jazz drummer)
trumpet:
Lester Bowie
vocals:
Fontella Bass and David Peaston
cover recording of:
The Great Pretender (in 1981-06)
lyricist and composer:
Buck Ram
publisher:
Panther Music Corp, Peermusic (UK) Ltd., Southern Music (publisher), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
17:00
2It’s Howdy Doody Time
engineer:
Martin Wieland (recording engineer from Tonstudio Bauer)
producer:
Manfred Eicher
bass:
Fred Williams (jazz bassist) (in 1981-06)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Donald Smith (Pianist, younger brother of Lonnie Liston Smith) (in 1981-06)
membranophone:
Phillip Wilson (blues/jazz drummer) (in 1981-06)
trumpet:
Lester Bowie (in 1981-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ECM Records GmbH (owner of label and publisher)
recorded at:
Tonstudio Bauer (Tonstudio Bauer until 1989) in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 1981-06)
cover recording of:
Howdy Doody (in 1981-06)
writer:
Edward Kean and Buffalo Bob Smith
2:12
3When the Doom (Moon) Comes Over the Mountain: a) Doom? / b) When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain
engineer:
Martin Wieland (recording engineer from Tonstudio Bauer)
producer:
Manfred Eicher
bass:
Fred Williams (jazz bassist) (in 1981-06)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Donald Smith (Pianist, younger brother of Lonnie Liston Smith) (in 1981-06)
membranophone:
Phillip Wilson (blues/jazz drummer) (in 1981-06)
trumpet:
Lester Bowie (in 1981-06)
arranger:
Lester Bowie
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ECM Records GmbH (owner of label and publisher)
recorded at:
Tonstudio Bauer (Tonstudio Bauer until 1989) in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 1981-06)
recording of:
When the Doom (Moon) Comes Over the Mountain (in 1981-06)
composer:
Howard E. Johnson (alto saxophone) and Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
arranger:
Lester Bowie
arrangement of:
When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain
3:41
4Rios Negroes
recorded in:
Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 1981-06)
engineer:
Martin Wieland (recording engineer from Tonstudio Bauer)
producer:
Manfred Eicher
bass:
Fred Williams (jazz bassist) (in 1981-06)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Donald Smith (Pianist, younger brother of Lonnie Liston Smith) (in 1981-06)
membranophone:
Phillip Wilson (blues/jazz drummer) (in 1981-06)
trumpet:
Lester Bowie (in 1981-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ECM Records GmbH (owner of label and publisher)
recorded at:
Tonstudio Bauer (Tonstudio Bauer until 1989) in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 1981-06)
recording of:
Rios Negroes (in 1981-06)
composer:
Lester Bowie
7:22
5Rose Drop
engineer:
Martin Wieland (recording engineer from Tonstudio Bauer)
producer:
Manfred Eicher
bass:
Fred Williams (jazz bassist) (in 1981-06)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Donald Smith (Pianist, younger brother of Lonnie Liston Smith) (in 1981-06)
membranophone:
Phillip Wilson (blues/jazz drummer) (in 1981-06)
trumpet:
Lester Bowie (in 1981-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ECM Records GmbH (owner of label and publisher)
recorded at:
Tonstudio Bauer (Tonstudio Bauer until 1989) in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 1981-06)
recording of:
Rose Drop (in 1981-06)
composer:
Lester Bowie
7:29
6Oh, How the Ghost Sings
engineer:
Martin Wieland (recording engineer from Tonstudio Bauer)
producer:
Manfred Eicher
bass:
Fred Williams (jazz bassist) (in 1981-06)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Donald Smith (Pianist, younger brother of Lonnie Liston Smith) (in 1981-06)
membranophone:
Phillip Wilson (blues/jazz drummer) (in 1981-06)
trumpet:
Lester Bowie (in 1981-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ECM Records GmbH (owner of label and publisher)
recorded at:
Tonstudio Bauer (Tonstudio Bauer until 1989) in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 1981-06)
recording of:
Oh, How the Ghost Sings (in 1981-06)
composer:
Bowie, Eicher, Smith (Pianist, younger brother of Lonnie Liston Smith), Wieland (recording engineer from Tonstudio Bauer), Williams (jazz bassist) and Wilson (blues/jazz drummer)
5:54