Long Before Our Mothers Cried

In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave Long Before Our Mothers Cried a "B+" and admired Fortune's "commitment to plain good music", spanning bebop to free jazz styles, and wrote of the album, "despite even the bracing piano comps of Stanley Cowell, there's nothing compelling here. But satisfying." Michael G. Nastos of AllMusic gave it three out of five stars, calling it "a fully realized creative album and very listenable as well".

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Fortune

"Long Before Our Mothers Cried" - 14:25
"A Tribute to a Holiday (Billie)" - 5:51
"Sound of Silents" - 8:41
"Five for Trane" - 6:26
"Wayneish" - 6:37

Personnel

Sonny Fortune - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Charles Sullivan - trumpet
Stanley Cowell - piano, electric piano
Wayne Dockery - bass
Chip Lyle - drums
Mario Muñoz - bass drum, timbales
Angel Allende - congas, triangle, tambourine
Richie Pablo Landrum - percussion

References

Sonny Fortune discography Archived 2018-11-07 at the Wayback Machine accessed January 16, 2015
Christgau, Robert (August 18, 1975). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
Nastos, M. G., Allmusic Review accessed January 16, 2015

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Long Before Our Mothers Cried (1974) Awakening (1975) Waves of Dreams (1976) Four in One (1994) A Better Understanding (1995) From Now On (1996)

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