Ed Thigpen's Action-Reaction 1974

Another request that came seemingly out of nowhere--I mean in the sense I would never have expected much from an album with drummer Thigpen, except that it includes our beloved Palle Mikkelborg, who seems to pop up roughly yearly on these pages with a hand in just about everything that came out of Denmark that was jazz-related.  (You can use the label at the bottom I think to search all the posts with him.)

On the credits page of discogs it's hard to tell that he wrote almost all of music on this LP, as well as plays trumpet.  Note that Mads Vinding contributed one too (recall he's famous for 1974's Danish Drive).  But if you look at the reissue, the requested CD Thigpen in Copenhagen, you can see there were actually two albums made in this period, the missing one is Asmussen Thigpen Quartet - Resource, from 1974 and that one does not include Palle.  Two different artists I guess were combined on one CD which probably blew the minds of the discogs database basement dwellers, because I would think the CD should have been included as a reissue rather than a separate compilation. But of course, I'm not one of those discogs vinylographical experts and happily I never will be.

The music is great and recalls such bordering on free jazz fusion as the earlier posted Contraband album, Aussie band Quasar (one of the best in the genre actually), Horacee Arnold's Tales of an Exonerated Flea, etc.

Here's the first track, called Le Matin which you'll agree has some wonderful composition in it, perfecting suited to the energetic fusion:

Again, thanks for suggesting this, anyone have the 'other' album, Asmussen Thigpen Quartet's Resource? (which appears to be a bit more disappointing, lacking Palle, & including some standards).