Charles Tolliver’s Live at the Captain’s Cabin Set for Record Store Day Release
Charles Tolliver’s Live at the Captain’s Cabin Set for Record Store Day Release
The 2-LP Set Arrives November 29
Live at the Captain’s Cabin
by Charles Tolliver
Label: Cellar / Reel to Real Recordings
Recorded: March of 1973
Release Date: November 29, 2024
Cellar Music Group’s archival imprint, From Reel to Real Recordings, has announced the upcoming release of Live at the Captain’s Cabin, a never-before-issued live recording by legendary trumpeter Charles Tolliver and his Music Inc. Quartet. The 2-LP set, available exclusively on Record Store Day (November 29, 2024), captures Tolliver and his band in peak form during a 1973 performance at The Captain’s Cabin, a small, underground venue in Edmonton, Canada.
The package includes an extensive booklet featuring liner notes from prominent figures like Angelika Beener and trumpeter Nicholas Payton, as well as an interview with Tolliver conducted by Jeremy Pelt. Recorded on tour, Live at the Captain’s Cabin showcases Tolliver’s innovative blend of bebop, modal, and avant-garde Jazz, played by a stellar lineup consisting of pianist John Hicks, bassist Clint Houston, and drummer Cliff Barbaro.
With a mix of fresh and previously recorded material—including Houston’s “Black Vibrations” and the Neal Hefti standard “Repetition”—this album offers a window into the vibrant creativity that marked Jazz in the early '70s. The energetic, unplanned recording speaks to the group’s tight cohesion after months on the road, with Tolliver leading a band that was, as he put it, “pretty tight by the time we got to Edmonton.”
Personnel
Charles Tolliver • Trumpet
John Hicks • piano
Clint Houston • bass
Cliff Barbaro • drums