Footprints Live!: Vinyl LP Parliament and original guitarist Richard Williams

and original guitarist Richard Williams

Simon Phillips on drums and Aaron Diko on keyboards weave the perfectly thin web behind Gill’s slow Velvety strums and murmured melodies

and what all material possessions actually mean once we have gone” states singer Nick Holmes

a reinvention of four on the floor

PMHM is anything but a difficult listen: the tracks are catchy

Footprints Live!: Vinyl LP Parliament and original guitarist Richard WilliamsThis live album released on vinyl for the first time is made up of three European dates in 2001, and introduced Shorters Footprint Quartet: pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade. All are in top form, especially on challenging reimaginations of the title track and Masquelero, both from his time with the 1960s Miles Davis Quintet. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180 gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. Tracklist: