"Bennie Maupin has been an inventive contributor to iconic records including Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi and Headhunters and Marion Brown’s Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun. His recordings under his own name have been infrequent but his leader debut, is indeed a jewel. 'A more selfless album is hard to imagine', said Down Beat in 1975. 'On The Jewel In The Lotus, the sound is supreme, and all the players strive to achieve a thorough blending'. Recorded in New York in 1974, the disc’s personnel is drawn from the circle around Herbie Hancock in the period, but the music has a character all its own." - ECM

• 1st time on vinyl in almost 50 years
• black vinyl pressing
• gatefold sleeve w/ extensive liner notes
• featuring Bennie Maupin (reeds), Herbie Hancock (p), Buster Williams (b), Billy Hart (d), Frederick Waits (d), Bill Summers (perc)
• original release year: 1974
• music label: ECM 2025