Inside Story (Prince Lasha album)

Inside Story is an album by saxophonist Prince Lasha, recorded in 1965 but not released on the Enja label until 1981.[2] The compact disc (Enja CD 9131-2) appends the album Search for Tomorrow, a 1974 live album recorded at the Berkeley Jazz Festival, and previously released as Live At Berkeley Jazz Festival Vol. 2 (Birdseye 99001).[1][2]

Inside Story
Studio album by
Released1981
Recorded1965
StudioCBS Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length39:41
LabelEnja
ENJA 3073[1]
ProducerPrince Lasha
Prince Lasha chronology
The Cry!
(1962)
Inside Story
(1981)
Insight
(1966)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "this obscure set features flutist Prince Lasha in prime form. ...The inside/outside music has its free moments and solidifies the leader's position as one of the best flutists in the avant-garde movement of the period".[3]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Prince Lasha

  1. "Ethereal" - 7:13
  2. "Flight" - 7:15
  3. "Kwadwo Safari" - 7:36
  4. "Inside Story" - 8:04
  5. "Mary" - 9:31

The CD configuration appends three tracks from Search for Tomorrow:[2]

  1. "For the Child" - 8:55
  2. "Search for Tomorrow" - 6:13
  3. "Mayflower" (a.k.a. "Tracking Train")[1] - 16:16

Personnel edit

Inside Story edit

Search for Tomorrow edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Prince Lasha". Hello World! The Sonny Simmons Homepage. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Okazaki Masamichi. Prince Lasha - Inside Story (Liner notes). Stefan Pauli and Stefan Richter (translators). Enja Records. Enja CD 9131-2. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Inside Story – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 866. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.