Desert Marauders

1978 studio album by Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol

Desert Marauders is an album by Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol in June 1977 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features trumpeter Mark Isham and rhythm section Bill Douglass and Kurt Wortman.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is solid, contemporary improvisational music, a touch laidback, and makes one wish this ensemble would have carried on. They were special."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Art Lande except as indicated

1. "Rubisa Patrol" - 15:57
2. "Livre (Near the Sky)" (Mark Isham) - 3:54
3. "El pueblo de las vacas tristes" - 5:50
4. "Perelandra" - 4:29
5. "Sansara" - 8:25

Personnel

Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol

• Art Lande – piano
• Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bill Douglass – bass, flute
• Kurt Wortman – drums, percussion

References

1. ECM discography Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 9, 2011
2. Nastos, M. G. Allmusic Review accessed September 9, 2011