Mind Transplant is the third album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon

Alphonse Mouzon

Alphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...

 recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Robert Taylor awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Raw and powerful, the music herein is what made fusion such a viable musical style... Easily one of the best fusion recordings of all time".

Track listing

All compositions by Alphonse Mouzon

1. "Mind Transplant" - 4:05
2. "Snow Bound" - 3:05
3. "Carbon Dioxide" - 4:38
4. "Ascorbic Acid" - 3:26
5. "Happiness Is Loving You" - 4:09
6. "Some of the Things People Do" - 3:40
7. "Golden Rainbows" - 6:56
8. "Nitroglycerine" - 3:04
   • Recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studio III in Los Angeles, California on December 4 (tracks 2, 5 & 7), December 5 (track 6), December 6 (tracks 3 & 8) and December 9 & 10 (tracks 1 & 3), 1974

Personnel

• Alphonse Mouzon
  Alphonse Mouzon
  Alphonse Mouzon is a well-known jazz-fusion drummer and percussionist, and the Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records. He also composes, arranges and produces, as well as acts...
  
    - drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals, synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , electric piano
  Electric piano
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  , organ
  Electronic organ
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  , arranger
  Arrangement
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  , conductor
  Conducting
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• Jerry Peters
  Jerry Peters
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   - electric piano, organ
• Tommy Bolin
  Tommy Bolin
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  , Lee Ritenour
  Lee Ritenour
  Lee Mack Ritenour is an American jazz guitarist who has recorded over 42 albums, appeared on over 3000 sessions, and has charted over 30 instrumental and vocal contemporary jazz hits since 1976. One of his most popular songs was the smash hit, “Is It You” in 1981. Ritenour is considered to be a...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• Jay Graydon
  Jay Graydon
  Jay Graydon is a Los Angeles songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards with twelve Grammy nominations, among them the title "Producer of the Year" and "Best Engineered Recording". Jay Graydon has mastered many...
  
   - guitar, programming
• Henry Davis - electric bass
  Electric Bass
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