Rain Forest (Jeremy Steig and Eddie Gómez album) explained

Rain Forest
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jeremy Steig and Eddie Gómez
Cover:	Rain Forest (Jeremy Steig and Eddie Gómez album).jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	February and March 1980
Studio:	Electric Lady Studios and Blank Tape Studios, New York City, NY
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	CMP CMP 12 ST
Producer:	Eddie Gomez, Jeremy Steig, Kurt Renker
Chronology:	Jeremy Steig
Prev Title:	Music for Flute & Double-Bass
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Jigsaw
Next Year:	1980

Rain Forest is an album by the flautist Jeremy Steig and the double bass player Eddie Gómez recorded in New York in 1980 and released on the German CMP label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos says, "Virtuoso flute player. An improvisational tradition of various groupings."

Track listing

All compositions by Jeremy Steig except where noted

"Dugnafied" − 5:20
"Rhumbline" (Gomez) − 6:20
"Sacrifice" − 6:47
"Rain Forest" (Gomez) − 4:48
"Amazon Express" − 3:15
"Rosa" (Gomez) − 3:44
"Carnival Sonata" (Gomez, Steig) − 5:40

Personnel

Jeremy Steig – flute, bass flute, digital delay Mu-Tron biphase, Mu-Tron octave divider
Eddie Gómez − double bass
Mike Nock − electric piano, synthesizer (tracks 2-4 & 6)
Karl Ratzer − electric guitar (track 1)
Jack DeJohnette (tracks 2 & 3), Steve Gadd (tracks 1 & 4) – drums
Naná Vasconcelos − cuíca, berimbau, talking drum, shaker, cowbell, triangle, tambourine (tracks 3-5 & 7)
Ray Barretto − congas (tracks 3 & 7)

Notes and References

http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_CMP.htm Jazzlists: CMP discography: main series