The precocious and prodigious drummer and composerTony Williamshad already joined the Miles Davis Quintet and participated in numerous landmark Blue Note recordings including Herbie HancockEmpyrean Isles, Eric DolphyOut To Lunch, Andrew HillPoint Of Departure,Jackie McLeanOne Step Beyond, and Grachan Moncur IIIEvolutionby the time he recorded his own adventurous debut albumLife Timein August 1964, when he was still just 18 years old. Williams had no intention of playing it safe on his maiden voyage as a leader and set forth to document his uncompromising expression on this program of innovative original compositions. Side 1 presents the expansive two movement suite 2 Pieces of One with the drummer joined by tenor saxophonistSam Riversand bassistsGary PeacockandRichard Davis. Side 2 opens with the jaunty Tomorrow Afternoon featuring Williams, Rivers, and Peacock. Williams plays a variety of percussion on the freely improvised Memory which featuresHerbie Hancockon piano andBobby Hutchersonon vibraphone, and lays out entirely on the ruminative piano-bass duet Barbs Song to the Wizard performed by Hancock andRon Carterwhich closes the album.

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Tracklist:
1. Two Pieces Of One: Red
2. Two Pieces Of One: Green
3. Tomorrow Afternoon
4. Memory
5. Barb’s Song To The Wizard