Ishmael Reed Conjure Sky Diving Conjure: Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed (American Clave, 1985)

COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY TAJ MAHAL, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, DAVID MURRAY, STEVE SWALLOW, CARLA BLEY, LESTER BOWIE, KIP HANRAHAN, CARMAN MOORE, OLU DARA, JAMAALADEEN TACUMA, PUNTILLA, MILTON CARDONA, KENNY KIRKLAND, EJAYE TRACEY, DON JAY, JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY, BILLY HART, FRISNER AUGUSTIN, OLUFEMI CLAUDETTE MITCHELL, ROBERT JASON, MOLLY FARLEY, BRENDA NORTON, ELYSEE PYRONNEAU, ANDY GONZALEZ, PETER SCHERER, SAL CUEVAS, ARTO LINDSAY 

Conceived, produced and directed by Kip Hanrahan. Executive Producer: Scott Marcus. Recorded August, September and October 1983 at Latin/Eurosound Studios, New York City. Recording engineers: Davis Rodriguez. Mixing engineers: David Rodriguz, John Fausty. Recording assistants: Horacio Malvicino Jr., Edwin Ayala. Mastering engineer: (RCA) Jack Adelman. Photographers: Spencer Richards, Ming Smith. Cover design by Capoeira Graphics. Special thanks to Nancy Weiss for presenting Conjure in concert at the Public Theater, New York (September 19, 1983, to Eugene Kalbacher for his enormous critical support, to Allen Toussaint for making the flight up from New Orleans just for the project, to Allen, David Rodriguez, Steve Swallow, Olu Dara, David Murray and Milton Cardona for contributing so much, and, of course, to Ishmael Reed. Released March 1985. AMCL 1006