: A "quartet of East Village elders" known for fully improvised performances that avoided traditional leadership structures in favor of a communal voice. Instrumentation :
: Although the group formed in the early 1980s, this 1990 record was their first official release. They remained a strictly live phenomenon for nearly a decade afterward before releasing their second album, Now! , in 1998.
: Alto and tenor saxophone, flute, and trumpet. Roy Campbell : Trumpet, flugelhorn, and pocket trumpet. William Parker : Double bass. Rashid Bakr : Drums.
