Tim Eyermann Quartet - "With the Coast in Mind" 1974

In my effort to honor Tim Eyermann's musical accomplishments, I am trying to find all the recordings from that era that was never digitized or released on CD or even available for download.  There are several other works from Mr. Eyermann that are written about on this Blog.  

I found this LP in a used LP shop in Phoenix during business travel.  I had never knew about this one, because it is listed under Tim Eyermann Quartet (not East Coast Offering).  One listen and you can feel that this recording is fairly intimate.  I especially liked the attention to detail given to the recording methods on the back cover.  You never see this type of detail on today's contemporary recordings... Why is that?

As it mentions in the technical notes, the recording was mastered on the revered Ampex 354 (tube electronics recorder).  There are still recordings being made using the 354 for its clean subtle and warm sound. 

In "Cantaloupe Island" you can specially hear and feel the room acoustics and ambiance blending in the recording.  In "Malibu" there is a lengthy bass solo given at the beginning of the track.  Tim writes in the album notes that this effort was to be a blend of old and new jazz and rock idioms.
I hope you get a chance to listen to this album!

Credits:

Tracklist

1	Watch What Happens
2	Patterns
3	Cantaloupe Island
4	Malibu
5	Knowing When To Leave
6	Long Ago And Far Away

Credits

• Composed By – Herbie Hancock (tracks: 3), Jerome Kern (tracks: 6), Michel Legrand (tracks: 1), Oliver Nelson (tracks: 2), Tom Scott (tracks: 4, 5)
• Contrabass – Brent Mckesson
• Drums – Dave Palamar
• Guitar – Rick Whitehead
• Saxophone, Woodwind – Tim Eyermann