This disc has three selections apiece from 1966 and 1968 and six from 1973, all of which were previously unreleased at the time.
Eddie Harris is heard in top form on the diverse program, some of which is funky and some of which is purely straightahead. Highlights include "Listen Here Goes Funky," the 16½-minute "Turbulence," "Fragmentary Apparitions," "Hey Wado" and "Oleo."
Harris switches between tenor, his electrified sax and (on "Turbulence") reed trumpet; his sidemen include guitarist
Ronald Muldrow, keyboardists
Larry Nash and
Richard Abrams and pianists
Jodie Christian and
Cedar Walton. This set is well worth searching for. ~ Scott Yanow