Live at Macalester College

Live at Macalester College
Live album by The J. R. Mitchell Byard Lancaster Experience
Released	1972
Recorded	1970–73
Venue	Boston, MA and Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:09 CD release with additional tracks
Label	Dogtown
Byard Lancaster chronology
It's Not Up to Us (1968) Live at Macalester College (1972) (1974)

Live at Macalester College is a live album by saxophonist/flautist Byard Lancaster and drummer J. R. Mitchell originally released in 1972 on the Dogtown label and rereleased in 2008 on CD by Porter Records.^[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
All About Jazz	[3]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated "This is an incredible document of post-Coltrane free jazz".^[2] On All About Jazz, Hrayr Attarian noted "Despite the virtuosic musical ideas flowing out of everyone's instrument the recording itself fails to stand as a single multifaceted unit, but instead has the feel of a hodge-podge of different sounds, ideas and styles".^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Byard Lancaster

1. "1324" – 16:29
2. "Last Summer" – 3:25
3. "War World" – 6:35
4. "Live at Macalester" – 10:38
5. "World in Me" – 9:01 Additional track on CD reissue
6. "Thought" – 15:01 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel[]

• Byard Lancaster – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, trumpet
• J. R. Mitchell – percussion
• Sid Simmons – piano (tracks 2–4)
• Lance Gunderson – guitar (track 6)
• Calvin Hill – bass (tracks 1, 5 & 6)
• Jerome Hunter (tracks 2–4), Paul Morrison (track 1) – electric bass
• Lester Lumley – congas, percussion (track 1)

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