Review by Stewart Mason One of the more mysterious figures on the always mysterious label ESP-Disk, Giuseppi Logan was a Philadelphia-born reedman who made only two recordings as a leader and less than a dozen more as a sideman before disappearing entirely. One of the most uncompromisingly "out" free jazz records of its time, this 1964 session features Logan on tenor and alto sax, Pakistani oboe, clarinet, flute, and even bass, backed with a piano-bass-drums trio featuring drummer Milford Graves, the leading free jazz drummer of the New York scene. Graves doubles on tabla,… read more
Review by Stewart Mason One of the more mysterious figures on the always mysterious label ESP-Disk, Giuseppi Logan was a Philadelphia-born reedman wh… read more
Review by Stewart Mason One of the more mysterious figures on the always mysterious label ESP-Disk, Giuseppi Logan was a Philadelphia-born reedman who made only two recordings as a leade… read more
The Giuseppi Logan Quartet was a New York based free jazz group lead by multi-instrumentalist and composerGiuseppi Logan, who had collaborated with Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and Bill Dixon before forming the quartet. The quartet consisted of pianist Don Pullen, bassist Eddie Gomez and percussionist Milford Graves. The group recorded two albums for the ESP Disk record label. Pullen later departed from the band, replaced by pianist Dave Burrell. Burrell was never featured on any of Giuseppi Logan's recordings. A 1965 press release from ESP-Disk indicates that a third album w… read more