女性ヴォーカリストをフィーチャーした冒頭のスピリチュアル・ソウル「What We Need」から躍動のアフロ・モーダル・ジャズ「HowDo We End All Of This Madness」と続く叙事詩的組曲、漆黒のファンク「Beneficent」など、モーダル～ファンク～ソウルをのみこんだサウンド、強靭な意志と衝動的な創造力が生んだスピリチュアル・ジャズのマイルストーン。
Bass [Acoustic] - Reggie (Sho Bee Doo) Fields(tracks: Side 2) Bass [Acoustic], Bass [Electric] - William Austin (tracks: Side 1) Clarinet [Bass] - Aaron Neal (tracks: Side 2) Drums - Billy Turner (tracks: Side 2) , Ike Daney (tracks: Side 1) Electric Piano - Charles Eubanks (tracks: Side 1) , Keith Vreeland (tracks: Side 2) Saxophone [Tenor], Flute - Wendell Harrison (tracks: Side 1 & 2) Trombone, Vocals - Phil Ranelin (tracks: Side 1 & 2) Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Charles Moore (tracks: Side 1 & 2) , Marcus Belgrave (tracks: Side 1 & 2) Vocals - Jeamel Lee (tracks: Side 1)
ソングリスト
1.WHAT WE NEED
2.ANGELA'S DILEMMA(Instrumental)
3.ANGELA'S DILEMMA(Vocal)
4.HOW DO WE END ALL OF THIS MADNESS(Instrumental)
5.HOW DO WE END ALL OF THIS MADNESS(Vocal)
6.WIFE
7.MERCIFUL
8.BENEFICENT
PHILLIP RANELIN & WENDELL HARRISON / フィル・ラネリン&ウェンデル・ハリソン
