Terry Adams - Terrible

New Rhythm and Blues Quartet founder's first solo album returns with four bonus tracks

Terry Adams' Terrible is exactly the opposite — it's a thing of beauty!

In 1995, at the request of New World Records, Terry Adams wrote and recorded an all-original jazz album. The NRBQ founder/pianist invited friends Marshall Allen and other Sun Ra members, Roswell Rudd (Archie Shepp and Carla Bley), the rhythm section of Greg Cohen and Bobby Previte that he met working on Robert Altman's Short Cuts movie, as well as the members of NRBQ.

On this terribly impressive Terrible reissue, the 12 originals, now augmented by four previously unissued bonus tracks, range from beautiful ballads to swinging romps, all expertly and brilliantly played. Adams and company freely explore his compositions' whims, ideas and notions, and express them utilizing a unique and varied palette of instrumentation.

Thankfully, this solo outing wasn't a one-time occurance. Terrible set the table for other terribly wonderful solo projects to follow, but it took nearly 30 years for that album to return. Now sporting new cover art and carefully remastered audio with bonus tracks on CD, Digital and for the first time, a 2LP set, Terrible has never looked or sounded better.

 

Side A

Toodlehead

Venusian Sunset (Originally titled "Le Sony'r")

Say When

Yes Yes Yes

Side B

Hilda

Brother (Originally titled "Dog")

I Feel Lucky

Out The Windo

Side C

Little One

Distant Instant

Thinking Of You

These Blues

Side D

Wrong Gasket [Bonus Track]

Thedy [Bonus Track]

Kalimba [Bonus Track]

Say When (TK2) [Bonus Track]

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