Mandance

Man Dance is an album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society recorded in 1982 for the Antilles label.[1]

Man Dance
Studio album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society
Released	1982
Recorded	June 1982
Studio	Electric Lady Studios, NYC
Genre	Free jazz
Length	41:06
Label	Antilles AN 1008
Producer	David Breskin, Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson chronology
Nasty (1981) Man Dance (1982) Barbeque Dog (1983)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The ensemble-oriented "free funk" music of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society never can be accused of being overly mellow or lacking in excitement ... The frenetic and intense ensembles (essentially everyone solos at once) would not be classified as relaxing background music".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson.

1. "Man Dance" - 4:32
2. "Iola" - 5:24
3. "Spanking" - 3:07
4. "Catman" - 6:42
5. "The Art of Levitation" - 1:24
6. "Belly Button" - 4:45
7. "Giraffe" - 3:09
8. "When Souls Speak" - 5:48
9. "Alice in the Congo" - 6:09

Personnel

• Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums
• David Gordon (tracks 1, 2 & 8), Henry Scott (tracks 3-7 & 9) – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Zane Massey – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Lee Rozie – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 8)
• Vernon Reid – electric guitar, steel guitar, Roland guitar synthesizer, banjo
• Melvin Gibbs – electric bass
• Reverend Bruce Johnson – fretless electric bass, electric bass

References

1. Jazzlists: Antilles 1000 series discography accessed November 1, 2016
2. Yanow, Scott. Mandance – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 110. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

External links

• Ronald Shannon Jackson on "Mandance", accessed November 1, 2016