on Signature:
the Berkeley Arts Company
Steven Bernstein - trumpet , flughelhorn
John Pickus - alto saxophone, bells
Tony Jones - tenor saxophone
Peter Apfelbaum - bass saxophone, drums, gong, poem recitation
on Blood Chhimes:
Peck Allmond - trumpet
Rachel Durling - violin
Tony Jones - tenor saxophone
Kevin Lock - tenor saxophone
Norbert Stachel - tenor saxophone
Steven Bernstein - tuba
Peter Apfelbaum - drums
on Blood Intellect:
Peck Allmond - trumpet
Josh Pickus - alto saxophone
Tony Jones - tenor saxophone
Norbert Stachel - tenor saxophone
Peter Apfelbaum - drums, percussion
on Zeus:
Wendy Apfelbaum - vocal
Peter Apfelbaum - soprano saxophone
on Pillars, Lift Every Voice, African Hymn and Salvation:
the Hieroglyphics Ensemble
Herbert Sneed - trumpet
Steven Bernstein - trumpet
Peck Allmond - trumpet (solo on Pillars)
Sarah Cline - trombone
Josh Pickus - alto saxophone (solo on Salvation)
Paul Hanson - alto saxophone (solo on Pillars)
Tony Jones - tenor saxophone
Norbert Stachel - tenor saxophone (solo on Lift Every Voice)
Kevin Lock - baritone saxophone
Steve Mitchell - bass saxophone
Jed Kreinberg - electric guitar
Benny Green - piano (except Lift Every Voice)
Bruce Somers - bass (solo on Pillars)
Josh Jones - timbales (drums on Lift Every Voices)
Robert Huffman - congas
Peter Apfelbaum - drums, piano on Lift Every Voices, soprano saxophone on African Hymn
TITLES:
A1 - Signature
A2 - Pillars
A3 - Lift every voice
B1 - Blood chimes
B2 - Zeus
B3 - Blood intellect
B4 - African hymn/Salvation
all selections by Peter Apfelbaum, except "Lift Every Voice" by James Weldon Johnson, and "African Hymn", a traditional choral piece from Ghana
A1 recorded live at the Berkeley Community Theatre on november 15, 1978
other tracks recorded at Bear West Studios, San Francisco, march 3 and 10, 1979
Jewish Matador Records 1979
vinyl rip