也許,每一次生命的新陳代謝,不必然是意味著進步。在這個星球上,我們不斷對抗著自身的愚蠢。50個世紀前用神話的風格觀看這個世界的先祖究竟哪裏遜色於我們,還是我們太傲慢看不到他們留下的偉大廢墟?約3-4集長度的“文明”系列,便是想從爵士樂中,和大家一同思考這些問題。這一期是第一集,有關古代埃及。feat. 將Cecil Taylor/Jimmy Lyons組合載入爵士樂史冊的不朽名演“Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come”、Horace Tapscott大樂團79年作品“Desert Fairy Princess”、Pharoah Sanders一完成就在爵士樂以外也掀起熱潮的“Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord”。至於封面插圖,乃是爵士樂史上我最愛的封面之一,山下洋輔/筒井康隆 - 文明
1. Cecil McBee - Into A Fantasy - 0:00
2. Phil Cohran - White Nile - 6:43
3. Steve Douglas - Journey From Atlantis - 16:52
4. Roscoe Mitchell - Tutankhamen (Malachi Favors Bass Solo) - 25:02
5. Cecil Taylor - Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come (First Variation) - 31:41
6. George Sams - Path With A Heart For Africa - 40:54
7. John Stubblefield - Little Prince - 49:03
8. Horace Tapscott & the Pan-African Peoples Arkestra - Desert Fairy Princess - 59:18
9. Pharoah Sanders - Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord - 70:34