What If

1. Island Seven
2. What If
3. Clever Conversation
4. 3348: Big Easy A. Deep Blue Sleep
5. 3348: Big Easy B. Thursday Nite Special
6. 3348: Big Easy C. Voodoo Street Beat
7. Pulp
8. Power Surge
9. Don't Wake Me

 

Bruce Ditmas - drums
John Abercrombie - guitars
Paul Bley - piano & synthesizers
Dominic Richards - bass
Sam Rivers - tenor & soprano saxes

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Bruce Ditmas, as geniuses as diverse as Gil Evans, the Brecker Brothers, Paul Bley, Pat Metheny, and Barbra Streisand could attest, has "live time:" you just can't sit still when he plays drums. On What If, his debut disc as a leader, he and John Abercrombie, Paul Bley, and Sam Rivers create music that both is forward-looking and pays its respects to every jazz epoch that's ever been. What If swings like mad throughout and, along the way, visits some extraordinarily compelling and vivid musical vistas.