Mother Ship is an album by American organist Larry Young, recorded in 1969 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.[1]

Mother Ship
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedFebruary 7, 1969
GenreJazz
Length41:17
LabelBlue Note
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Larry Young chronology
Heaven on Earth
(1968)
Mother Ship
(1980)
Lawrence of Newark
(1973)

Reception edit

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This highly original set does not deserve to be so obscure."[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [3]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Larry Young
  1. "Mother Ship" - 7:38
  2. "Street Scene" - 6:56
  3. "Visions" - 6:44
  4. "Trip Merchant" - 12:53
  5. "Love Drops" - 7:06
  • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 7, 1969

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Blue Note Records discography accessed November 23, 2010
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed November 23, 2010
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 211. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1535. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.