Inspiration Information RRC-018 because the moon was nowhere

because the moon was nowhere near as far out as he could really go

with all tunes penned by Mal Waldron

have long explored the interface of Norwegian traditional music and improvisation

Each track is a tribute to a drug

are all but unheard of

Inspiration Information RRC-018 because the moon was nowhereShuggie Otis was a musical visionary whose early 1970s recordings showed he could do it all, writing, arranging, performing, and producing some of the decade's most satisfying, innovative, and, unfortunately, overlooked music. This reissue of his 1974 Inspiration Information album a soulful song cycle that took three years to create and was worth every minute ranges from early drum machine driven experiments like XL 30 and Aht Uh Mi Hed to Otis's most