Back to Bob Moses: Bittersuite in the Ozone, When Elephants Dream of Music, Visit with the Great Spirit

 

Brief description on discogs:

Real Name: Robert Laurence Moses

Profile: Jazz drummer/percussionist/composer, born January 28, 1948 in New York City. Also known as Rahbaat Rakhalam Ntumba Moses.

First of all notice the stunning cover art.  Boy do I miss when LPs had such beautiful paintings or graphics to admire.

Tributaries, from 1978, was posted back here (as a request), and it was surely wonderful.  Because of the involvement of keyboardist Richard Sussman I sought out his later Evolution suite, posted here, which was hugely impressive for me.  In general Bob Moses' music is in a similar vein, with a basis of elegant fusion and contemporary jazz plus a lot of modern dissonant, polytonal music, along the lines of Stravinsky influences.  The first one was Bittersuite in the Ozone (1975), which I've always loved dearly.  These compositions are all by him (of course).  

Especially noteworthy is the track called "Message to the Music Bizness," and we can conclude clearly what the message was given the strangeness of the arrangement:

From Tributaries, the title track composed by Sussman:

Moving on to the eighties there was no compromising with popular culture, just as you'd expect from this genius.  The 1982 album When Elephants Dream of Music is still incredible, from that one, Trevor:

By 1984's Visit with the Great Spirit, still no evidence whatsoever he was going to compromise with the 'music bizness' as you can discern from that one's title track:

Wonderful stuff!  And so uncompromising an artist.