Arthur Rhames
How Great You Are

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Music by the sadly under-recorded genius multi-instrumentalist. The now legendary Arthur Rhames came out of Brooklyn to work in the bands of Elvin Jones, Beaver Harris, Reggie Workman, Archie Shepp and Rashied Ali, George Clinton and Steve Arrington’s Hall Of Fame among others. He led the Fusion trio Eternity in the late 70’s before finding management and leading his own quartet in 1980. This is a double CD live recording of 2 club performances with Arthur’s working band during 1980-83, playing his original compositions and Jazz standards.

CD 1 -

Arthur Rhames - tenor saxophone, guitar & piano (on Lazy Bird)

John Esposito- piano

Otto Gardner- bass

Hal Miller - drums

Recorded Live at Ali’s Alley, Greene St, NYC January 1981

All tracks composed by Arthur Rhames

c 2022 Arthur Rhames/John Esposito

Recorded by Hal Miller live at the Downtown Athletic Club, Albany, NY - July 1981

Edited, mixed & mastered 2022 by Scott Petito at NRS Studios, Catskill, NY

CD package design: Dana Faconti Studio

Cover art photo: Laura Steele