Long Before Our Mothers Cried is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Fortune recorded in 1974 and released on the Strata-East label. accessed January 16, 2015
Reception In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave Long Before Our Mothers Cried a "B+" and admired Fortune's "commitment to plain good music", spanning bebop to free jazz styles, and wrote of the album, "despite even the bracing piano comps of Stanley Cowell, there's nothing compelling here. But satisfying." Michael G. Nastos of AllMusic gave it three out of five stars, calling it "a fully realized creative album and very listenable as well".Nastos, M. G., [ Allmusic Review] accessed January 16, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Sonny Fortune "Long Before Our Mothers Cried" - 14:25 "A Tribute to a Holiday (Billie)" - 5:51 "Sound of Silents" - 8:41 "Five for Trane" - 6:26 "Wayneish" - 6:37
Personnel Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Charles Sullivan - trumpet Stanley Cowell - piano, electric piano Wayne Dockery - bass Chip Lyle - drums Mario Muñoz - bass drum, timbales Angel Allende - congas, triangle, tambourine Richie Pablo Landrum - percussion
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