Mind Transplant
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mind Transplant
| type = Album
| artist = Alphonse Mouzon
| cover = Mind Transplant.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1975
| recorded = December 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10, 1974
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 33:03
| label = Blue Note
| producer = Skip Drinkwater
| chronology = Alphonse Mouzon
| prev_title = Funky Snakefoot
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = The Man Incognito
| next_year = 1976
}}
Mind Transplant is the third album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-bn-la-series/#bn-la-398-g Blue Note Records discography] accessed January 12, 2011
Reception
The AllMusic review by Robert Taylor awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Raw and powerful, the music herein is what made fusion such a viable musical style... Easily one of the best fusion recordings of all time".Taylor, R. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/mind-transplant-r164606/review AllMusic Review] accessed January 12, 2011
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|1|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 149
}}
}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Elvena Mouzon
- "Mind Transplant" - 4:05
- "Snow Bound" - 3:05
- "Carbon Dioxide" - 4:38
- "Ascorbic Acid" - 3:26
- "Happiness Is Loving You" - 4:09
- "Some of the Things People Do" - 3:40
- "Golden Rainbows" - 6:56
- "Nitroglycerin" - 3:04
:*Recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studio III in Los Angeles, California on December 4 (tracks 2, 5 & 7), December 5 (track 6), December 6 (tracks 3 & 8) and December 9 & 10 (tracks 1 & 3), 1974
Personnel
- Alphonse Mouzon - drums, vocals, synthesizer, electric piano, organ, arranger, conductor
- Jerry Peters - electric piano, organ
- Tommy Bolin, Lee Ritenour - guitar
- Jay Graydon - guitar, voice bag on "Snow Bound", programming
- Henry Davis - electric bass
Produced by Skip Drinkwater
Arranged By Alphonse Mouzon
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Category:Blue Note Records albums