Father Music, Mother Dance

Father Music, Mother Dance
Studio album by Michael White
Released	1974
Recorded	January 16, 17 & 18, 1974
Studio	Wally Heider, San Francisco
Genre	Jazz
Length	28:36
Label	Impulse! AS 9268
Producer	Ed Michel
Michael White chronology
The Land of Spirit and Light (1973) Father Music, Mother Dance (1974) Go With the Flow (1974)

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Father Music, Mother Dance is an album by American violinist and composer Michael White featuring performances recorded in 1974 and released on the Impulse! label.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Michael White

1. "Father Music, Mother Dance" – 5:40
2. "Reiko" – 6:31
3. "Commin' From" – 4:49
4. "Way Down Inside" – 6:34
5. "Water Children" – 9:15
6. "Mary's Waltz" – 3:38

Personnel

• Michael White – electric violin, rhythm violin, African tambourine, bass drum, handclapper, Moog synthesizer, vocals
• Norman Williams – alto saxophone
• Clifford Coulter – piano, electric piano, organ
• Bob King – guitar
• Kenneth Jenkins – bass, electric bass
• Clarence Becton – drums, agogô
• Kenneth Nash – congas, North African sakara drum, Knole drum, Chinese temple bells and gongs, cowbell, tambourine, wood bells, piano, electric piano bottom, pepper filled Kodak film can shaker, assorted African and South American percussion instruments
• Marti McCall – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Josef Powell, Myrna Matthews – backing vocals

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