Bruce Ditmas What If

LINER NOTES Ralph Simon CREDITS	Bruce Ditmas Drums John Abercrombie Guitars Paul Bley Piano and synthesizers Dominic Richards Bass Sam Rivers Tenor and soprano saxophones	1.	Island Seven
		2.	What If
		3.	Clever Conversation
		4-6	3348 Big Easy:
		4.	A. Deep Blue Sleep
		5.	B. Thursday Nite Special
		6.	C. Voodoo Street Beat
		7.	Pulp
		8.	Power Surge
9.	Don't Wake Me

Bruce Ditmas, as geniuses as diverse as Gil Evans, the Brecker Brothers, Paul Bley, Pat Metheny, and Barbra Streisand could attest, has "live time:" you just can't sit still when he plays drums. On What If, his debut disc as a leader, he and John Abercrombie, Paul Bley, and Sam Rivers create music that both is forward-looking and pays its respects to every jazz epoch that's ever been. What If swings like mad throughout and, along the way, visits some extraordinarily compelling and vivid musical vistas.