{"product_id":"hadley-caliman-iapetus","title":"Hadley Caliman - Iapetus","description":"\u003cp\u003eWewantsounds continues its reissue program of Bob Shad's cult jazz label, Mainstream Records, with Hadley Caliman's superb 1972 album, Iapetus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded in LA and featuring a heavyweight lineup of West Coast players including Todd Cochran, Woody “Sonship” Theus, Luis Gasca, and Victor Pantoja, the majority of the album was composed by Todd Cochran (aka Bayeté) soon after he had composed Bobby Hutcherson's Blue Note classic, Head On.\u003cbr\u003eA true hidden treasure, it is reissued here on vinyl for the first time since 1971, featuring its original gatefold artwork with rare first-generation photos.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition comes with newly remastered audio and a two-page insert with exclusive liner notes by Todd Cochran, reflecting on Hadley Caliman and the making of the album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTenor saxophonist and flutist Hadley Caliman was a key figure in the West Coast late 60s underground scene, whose versatile style made him a first-call collaborator across genres.\u003cbr\u003eA fixture of the San Francisco music scene, Caliman’s rich tone and musical creativity saw him crossing over into the city's lively jazz and psychedelic rock circles, contributing to recordings by Gerald Wilson, Mongo Santamaria, Santana, and the Grateful Dead.\u003cbr\u003eBy 1971, he had established himself as a prominent member of this creative community, which led to his signing with Bob Shad’s Mainstream Records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing his 1971 self-titled debut, Caliman returned to the studio later that year to record Iapetus.\u003cbr\u003eThe session featured a heavyweight lineup of fellow West Coast fixtures, including trumpeter Luis Gasca, bassist James Leary, and a powerhouse percussion section of Woody “Sonship” Theus, Victor Pantoja, and Hungria Garcia.\u003cbr\u003eThe album’s sophisticated modal structures were captured by pianist and composer Todd Cochran (aka Bayeté).\u003cbr\u003eA visionary in his own right, Cochran was concurrently establishing his own legacy on Prestige Records with two acclaimed albums, including Worlds Around the Sun (1972), (featuring both Caliman and Leary), later sampled by De La Soul and Kendrick Lamar.\u003cbr\u003eCochran went on to collaborate with Julian Priester on his landmark Love Love album on ECM, as well as working with Mtume, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, and Aretha Franklin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Iapetus sessions are Fender Rhodes-heavy, with Cochran’s electric keys providing a shimmering, cosmic foundation for Caliman's inspired explorations.\u003cbr\u003eFrom the driving modal intensity of the title track to the spiritual \"Quadrivium,\" featuring Caliman’s superb flute work, via the funky \"Watercress,\" the album's profile has steadily grown over the decades, attracting an ever-increasing following among '70s jazz lovers and deep-catalog diggers.\u003cbr\u003eReflecting on the group's creative telepathy in the new liner notes, Cochran writes: \"We were a circle of friends, and the music was our shared language—a way to translate the high-velocity energy of San Francisco into something timeless.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first-ever vinyl reissue of Iapetus in over fifty years has been newly remastered for the occasion.\u003cbr\u003eHaving become increasingly rare and pricey on the collector's market over the years, this long-overlooked spiritual jazz gem is set to ravish fans of deep '70s jazz around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wewantsounds","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58245533925708,"sku":"BLX-14613","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/2738\/3884\/files\/3700604784395.jpg?v=1785328050","url":"https:\/\/badlands.co.uk\/products\/hadley-caliman-iapetus","provider":"Badlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}