LOVE CRY WANT - Love Cry Want

"June 1972. The times were filled with darkness and turmoil. This music, of loving, of crying, of wanting, makes a powerful statement. It is awash with the anguish of the times, yet it heralds the promise of better days to come. 

Love Cry Want was a legendary jazz fusion group based in Washington D.C., and led by guitarist, Nicholas. This recording took place during a series of concerts in Washington, held across from the White House in Lafayette Park, and featured the late, great jazz organ- ist Larry Young, who had just recorded the historic "Bitches Brew" LP with Miles Davis and had left the Tony Williams Lifetime and guitar- ist John McLaughlin to combine forces with Nicholas and drummer, Joe Gallivan.’

This second incarnation of Love Cry Want featured the triumvirate of Nicholas, Gallivan, and Young performing some of the most important music in the history of jazz. No record company would release this music, which was ahead of its time.

Nicholas, who pioneered the development of the first guitar synthesizer (in association with Electronic Music Laboratories) performs on the first prototype guitar 'synth' along with fellow musician, Joe Gallivan, who pioneered the development of the drum synthesizer with inventor, Robert Moog.

Richard Nixon was President. There was a nasty war going on in Vietnam, good people were rioting in the streets and cities were aflame. During this series of concerts outside the White House, President Nixon ordered aide, J.R. Haldeman, to pull the plug on the concert fearing that this strange music would "levitate the White House." This is that music. 

This recording is dedicated to the late jazz organist Larry Young (Khalid Yassin), drummer Jimmy Molneiri, and guitarist Nicholas." - Weird Forest Records