Things to Come from Those Now Gone

Things to Come from Those Now Gone is the third album by Muhal Richard Abrams which was released on the Delmark label in 1975 and features performances of seven of Abrams' compositions by Abrams with varying line-ups that include Wallace McMillan, Edwin Daugherty, Richard Brown, Emanuel Cranshaw, Reggie Willis, Rufus Reid, Steve McCall and Wilbur Campbell with vocals by Ella Jackson.^[1]

Things to Come from Those Now Gone
Studio album by Muhal Richard Abrams
Released	1975
Recorded	October 10–11, 1972
Studio	P.S. Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:43
Label	Delmark DS-430
Producer	Robert G. Koester
Muhal Richard Abrams chronology
Young at Heart/Wise in Time (1970) Things to Come from Those Now Gone (1975) Afrisong (1975)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick calls the album "a hodgepodge of an album with varying combinations of musicians producing work that ranges from the weirdly bad to the astonishingly beautiful".^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3½ stars, stating "Things to Come is a ringing assertion of Abram's lifelong belief that musical advancement can only be achieved by observing the lessons of tradition".^[3] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide said "Things to Come from Those Now Gone captures Abrams and the AACM in the middle of this decade running the gamut between chamber ballads, hard bop, electronics, mock opera and high energy".^[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams

1. "Ballad for New Souls" - 4:39
2. "Things to Come from Those Now Gone" - 4:09
3. "How Are You?" - 4:41
4. "In Retrospect" - 3:49
5. "Ballad for Old Souls" - 5:58
6. "1 and 4 Plus 2 and 7" - 10:06
7. "March of the Transients" - 6:12

Personnel

• Muhal Richard Abrams: piano
• Wallace McMillan: alto saxophone, flute (tracks 1, 2 & 7)
• Edwin Daugherty: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (tracks 2 & 7)
• Richard Brown: tenor saxophone (track 4)
• Emanuel Cranshaw: vibraphone (tracks 3 & 5)
• Reggie Willis: bass (tracks 2 & 7)
• Rufus Reid: bass (tracks 3, 4 & 5)
• Steve McCall: drums (tracks 2 & 6)
• Wilbur Campbell: drums (tracks 2 & 7)
• Ella Jackson: vocals (track 3)

References

1. Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400 series accessed September 23, 2019
2. Olewnick, B.Allmusic Review accessed 1 April 2009
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 5. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 3–4. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.