Mind Transplant

Mind Transplant
Studio album by Alphonse Mouzon
Released	1975
Recorded	December 4, 5, 6, 9 & 10, 1974
Genre	Jazz-funk, fusion
Length	33:03
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Skip Drinkwater
Alphonse Mouzon chronology
Funky Snakefoot (1973) Mind Transplant (1975) The Man Incognito (1976)

Mind Transplant is the third album by American jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Robert Taylor awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Raw and powerful, the music herein is what made fusion such a viable musical style... Easily one of the best fusion recordings of all time".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Elvena Mouzon

1. "Mind Transplant" - 4:05
2. "Snow Bound" - 3:05
3. "Carbon Dioxide" - 4:38
4. "Ascorbic Acid" - 3:26
5. "Happiness Is Loving You" - 4:09
6. "Some of the Things People Do" - 3:40
7. "Golden Rainbows" - 6:56
8. "Nitroglycerin" - 3:04

• Recorded at Wally Heider Sound Studio III in Los Angeles, California on December 4 (tracks 2, 5 & 7), December 5 (track 6), December 6 (tracks 3 & 8) and December 9 & 10 (tracks 1 & 3), 1974

Personnel

• Alphonse Mouzon - drums, vocals, synthesizer, electric piano, organ, arranger, conductor
• Jerry Peters - electric piano, organ
• Tommy Bolin, Lee Ritenour - guitar
• Jay Graydon - guitar, voice bag on "Snow Bound", programming
• Henry Davis - electric bass

Produced by Skip Drinkwater Arranged By Alphonse Mouzon

References

1. Blue Note Records discography accessed January 12, 2011
2. Taylor, R. AllMusic Review accessed January 12, 2011
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 149. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.