Believe It
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Believe It is the first album by The New Tony Williams Lifetime, released in 1975 on Columbia Records
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The New Lifetime was a jazz fusion
band formed by the drummer Tony Williams with Allan Holdsworth
on guitar, Alan Pasqua
on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass. The Allmusic review awards this album with 4 stars.
In 1992, Columbia released all of the tracks from Believe It and Million Dollar Legs
on the album Lifetime: The Collection
. The compositions Fred, Proto Cosmos and Red Alert are also featured on the DVD Live at Yoshi's with Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua, Jimmy Haslip and Chad Wackerman, released in 2007. Holdsworth has often stated that his time with the drummer was the most influential formative stage of his career.
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
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The New Lifetime was a jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band formed by the drummer Tony Williams with Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
on guitar, Alan Pasqua
Alan Pasqua
Alan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...
on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass. The Allmusic review awards this album with 4 stars.
In 1992, Columbia released all of the tracks from Believe It and Million Dollar Legs
Million Dollar Legs (album)
Million Dollar Legs is the second album by The New Tony Williams Lifetime, released in 1976 on Columbia Records.The album features the jazz fusion drummer Tony Williams with Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua and Tony Newton. The Allmusic review awards this album with 1 star...
on the album Lifetime: The Collection
Lifetime: The Collection
Lifetime: The Collection is a compilation album by The New Tony Williams Lifetime, released in 1992 on Columbia/Legacy Records.The album contains all of the music from the two original New Lifetime albums Believe It and Million Dollar Legs...
. The compositions Fred, Proto Cosmos and Red Alert are also featured on the DVD Live at Yoshi's with Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua, Jimmy Haslip and Chad Wackerman, released in 2007. Holdsworth has often stated that his time with the drummer was the most influential formative stage of his career.
Track listing
- "Snake Oil" (Tony Newton) — 6:30
- "Fred" (Allan HoldsworthAllan HoldsworthAllan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
) — 6:48 - "Proto-Cosmos" (Alan PasquaAlan PasquaAlan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...
) — 4:02 - "Red Alert" (Newton) — 4:39
- "Wildlife" (Tony Williams) — 5:22
- "Mr Spock" (Holdsworth) — 6:15
- "Celebration" (Williams) — [Bonus Track] 4:01
- "Letsby" (Holdsworth) — [Bonus Track] 6:34
Personnel
- Allan HoldsworthAllan HoldsworthAllan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
– guitar - Alan PasquaAlan PasquaAlan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...
– keyboards - Tony Newton – bass
- Tony Williams – drums