Steve Turre - Sanctified Shells (1992)

01.Exploration
02.Gumbo
03.Africian Shells: First Interlude-Strength
04.Macho (Para Machito)
05.Africian Shells: Second Interlude-The Dream
06.Beautiful India
07.Toreador
08.African Shells: Third Interlude-Happiiness
09.Sanctified Shells
10. Spirit Man.

Clinton Anderson - Trombone
Ignacio Berroa - Drums, Timbales, Bells
Milton Cardona - Percussion, Conga, Guitarron, Claves, Shaker, Guiro, Shakere
Kimati Dinizulu - Percussion, Djembe, Gome, Krin, Sankofa Akyene
Robin Eubanks - Trombone, Shells
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
Andrew Gonzalez - Bass
Andy Gonzalez - Bass, Claves
Renaldo Jorge - Trombone, Maracas, Shells
Douglas Purviance - Trombone, Trombone (Bass)
Herlin Riley - Drums, Shells, Cowbell
Badal Roy - Tabla
Charlie Sepulveda - Trumpet
Claude Thomas - Djun-Djun, Jun-Jun
Carmen Turre - Castanets
Steve Turre - Trombone, Horn, Bells, Shells, Shaker, Kudu Horn.

Trombonist Steve Turre's second instruments are shells, and they're just that--large conch shells with minimal modifications to turn them into musical instruments. He first played them publicly with Roland Kirk's band in the 1970s, and they represent a deep spiritual connection for him, reaching to the origins of music making and tapping into a universal connection. Their sound is at once unearthly and deeply rooted in human experience, hollow yet full, and their special resonance is explored to telling effect by Turre and his company of doubling trombonists, as they shift back and forth between familiar and exotic idioms. The music ranges from the heady funk of "Gumbo" to the raga of "Beautiful India" and the sizzling rhythms of the Afro-Cuban powerhouse "Macho." --Stuart Broomer.