Mickey Tucker – Mister Mysterious (Muse, 1979)

Mickey Tucker (p); Cecil Bridgewater (tr); Frank Foster (ts, ss, fl); Pepper Adams (bs); Cecil McBee (b); Eddie Gladden (d); Ray Mantilla (perc, 2 tracks only); Azzedin Weston (cga, 1 track only)

Recorded on June 23, 1978

Mickey Tucker's music from the 1970s is largely unavailable; most of it has never been issued in any digital format.  That's a shame -- because he made some terrific records during this time.  None are better than this 1979 Muse LP.  

Mister Mysterious features a stellar line-up and a slate of interesting compositions, all written by the leader.  

This is high-octane 1970s mainstream jazz at it's finest.

More Mickey Tucker

- The New Heritage Keyboard Quartet (Blue Note, 1973) - co-led with Sir Roland Hanna

- Triplicity (Xanadu, 1975)

- SoJourn (Xanadu, 1976)

- Sweet Lotus Lips (Denon, 1978)

- The Crawl (Muse, 1980)