Steve Coleman began playing music just days before his 14th birthday as a freshman at South Shore High School on the south side of Chicago. His first instrument was violin but later that year he switched to the alto saxophone. Let's funk!
Tracklisting
A1 Desperate Move
A2 Stone Bone Jr.
A3 Mad Monkey
A4 Dream State
A5 Tang Lung
A6 Yo Ho
B1 And They Partied...
B2 In The Park
B3 Just A Funky Old Song
B4 Urilai Thrane
B5 To Perpetuate The Funk
B6 Koshine Koji
B7 Tlydor's Bane
Personnel
Steve Coleman - alto saxophone, vocals
Graham Haynes - trumpet
Robin Eubanks - trombone, backing vocals
Geri Allen - keyboards, piano
Kelvyn Bell - electric guitar
Kevin Bruce Harris - electric bass, backing vocals
Mark Johnson - drums
D. K. Dyson (tracks 1, 5, 6, 11 & 13) Cassandra Wilson (tracks 3, 4 & 9), Jimmy Cozier (track 2) - vocals
Malik Cozier, Kelana Jackson, Tameka Jackson - backing vocals (track 2)