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░█████▓█████▓██ ▌Artist__│ Alphonze Mouzon ██▓█████▓█████░
░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ The Essence Of Mystery ██▓█████▓▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ Blue Note Records ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Jazz ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ Album ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 1973 ██▓██▒███▓████░
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░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 44:31 ██▓█████▓████░░
░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 107.03 MB ██▓████▓████░░░
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░░ 01. The Essence Of Mystery 5:00
░░ 02. Funky Finger 3:41
░░ 03. Crying Angels 6:23
░░ 04. Why Can't We Make It 3:38
░░ 05. Macrobian 5:16
░░ 06. Spring Water 6:24
░░ 07. Sunflower 4:23
░░ 08. Thank You Lord 5:06
░░ 09. Antonia 4:40
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░░ Several different drummers helped put jazz fusion on the map in the '70s.
░░ The one who seems to get most of the credit is Billy Cobham, but Alphonse
░░ Mouzon contributed quite a bit to the cause as well. Born on November 21,
░░ 1948, in Charleston, South Carolina, Mouzon got serious with his drumming
░░ in high school, where he studied with both a saxophonist and a drummer.
░░ Relocating to New York City in the late '60s to attend college, Mouzon
░░ had a hard time deciding between a career in music, drama, or medicine.
░░ Music wound up getting the nod by the dawn of the '70s, when Mouzon
░░ served as a session drummer on recordings by Tim Hardin (Bird on a Wire),
░░ Gil Evans (Gil Evans), Weather Report (Weather Report), Norman Connors
░░ (Dance of Magic), John Klemmer (Magic and Movement), and Teruo Nakamura
░░ (Unicorn).
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░░ Mouzon began issuing solo albums around this time, including such early
░░ releases as 1972's The Essence of Mystery and 1973's Funky Snakefoot. But
░░ he decided to take a momentary break from session work to concentrate on
░░ being a full-time member of Larry Coryell's Eleventh House, with whom he
░░ appeared on several releases from 1974 through 1975 (Introducing the
░░ Eleventh House, At Montreux, Level One, etc.).
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░░ Throughout it all, Mouzon never stopped issuing solo albums on a regular
░░ basis, including arguably his finest solo release, 1974's Mind
░░ Transplant, which would have undoubtedly garnered more attention if it
░░ wasn't issued so close to Cobham's 1973 classic, Spectrum. Mouzon also
░░ collaborated with others from time to time (such as the release Trilogue
░░ Live!, credited to Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius, and Mouzon) as
░░ well as teaming up with his old friend Coryell (1977's Back Together
░░ Again and also a full Eleventh House reunion during the late '90s).
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░░ Mouzon wasn't limited to just fusion, however, as he proved his
░░ versatility by either recording with or performing alongside the likes of
░░ Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Patrick Moraz,
░░ Tommy Bolin, and Chubby Checker. Additionally, Mouzon returned
░░ sporadically to his other love, acting, including a part alongside Tom
░░ Hanks in the 1996 film That Thing You Do!, and also served as
░░ chairman/CEO for his own record label, Tenacious Records. Mouzon
░░ continued to issue albums, and also toured Europe and the U.S. on a
░░ regular basis -- leading his own trio, quartet, or quintet. Diagnosed
░░ with neuroendocrine cancer in September of 2016, Mouzon struggled with
░░ the disease for several months -- and benefited from a crowdfunding
░░ effort to pay for treatment -- but finally succumbed to a heart attack on
░░ Christmas Day of that year.
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░░ AlphonZe. He didn't switch to the S until 1975.
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