The Detroit Experiment
Encyclopedia
The Detroit Experiment is the self-titled album resulting from a collaborative project including Carl Craig
, Bennie Maupin
, Marcus Belgrave
, Geri Allen
, and Regina Carter
. The album is a follow-up to Ropeadope Records
' earlier album, The Philadelphia Experiment
. Ropeadope later released another follow-up The Harlem Experiment
.
Carl Craig
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs...
, Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin
Bennie Maupin is a Detroit Michigan jazz multireedist. He performs on various saxophones, flute and bass clarinet.He is probably best known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Davis's seminal fusion record, Bitches Brew...
, Marcus Belgrave
Marcus Belgrave
Marcus Belgrave is a jazz trumpet player from Detroit, born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He has recorded with a variety of famous musicians, bandleaders, and record labels since the 1950s. Notable among them are: Ray Charles, Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller, Motown Records, Tribe Records, Blue Note...
, Geri Allen
Geri Allen
Geri Allen is an American composer/pianist educator jazz pianist, raised in Detroit, Michigan, and educated in the Detroit Public Schools. Allen has worked with many of the greats of modern music, including Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Ravi Coltrane, Tony Williams, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette,...
, and Regina Carter
Regina Carter
Regina Carter is an American jazz violinist. She is the cousin of famous jazz saxophonist James Carter.-Early life:...
. The album is a follow-up to Ropeadope Records
Ropeadope Records
Ropeadope Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, hip hop, electronic and downtempo music. The label was founded by Andy Hurwitz in New York City and later moved to Philadelphia, where it is now located....
' earlier album, The Philadelphia Experiment
The Philadelphia Experiment (album)
The Philadelphia Experiment is the self-titled album resulting from a collaborative project including Uri Caine , Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Christian McBride...
. Ropeadope later released another follow-up The Harlem Experiment
The Harlem Experiment
The Harlem Experiment is the self-titled album resulting from a collaborative project including Carlos Alomar, Steve Bernstein, Don Byron, Eddie Martinez, bassist Ruben Rodriguez, and drummer Steve Berrios...
.
Tracklisting
- Space Odyssey
- Think Twice
- Revelation
- Baby Needs New Shoes
- There Is a God
- Church
- Enterluud
- Vernors
- Too High
- Highest
- Midnight at the Twenty Grand
- A Taste of Tribe
- The Way We Make Music
- Revelation Reprise