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Track Listing 1. Club Madness 2. Feline Blues 3. There Is No Greater Love 4. Of Things to Come 5. After the Day Is Done 6. Conversations at the Mess 7. Black Action Figure 8. Collage 9. You Stepped Out of a Dream 10. Alovi 11. Bass Vibes 12. Alchemist, The 13. Chorale 14. Faded Beauty 15. Musical Silence
Album Notes Personnel: Stefon Harris (vibraphone); Greg Osby (alto saxophone); Gary Thomas (tenor saxophone, flute); Steve Turre (trombone); Jason Moran (piano); Tarus Mateen (bass); Eric Harland (drums). Recorded at Systems Two Recording Studios, Brooklyn, New York on February 14 & 15, 1999. Includes liner notes by Stefon Harris. "There Is No Greater Love" was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.
Industry Reviews ...Harris is a formidable composer and leader....BLACK ACTION FIGURE exudes post-Motown bop vitality as the music seamlessly shifts from blistering bop to enchanting ballads to heady funk... JazzTimes (12/01/1999)
...positions him as a post-bop master, one with a strong sense of tradition, a definitive sound and a clear, modern vision... Vibe (10/01/1999)
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