Arthur Blythe, Nathan Davis, Chico Freeman, Sam Rivers, Don Pullen, Santi Debriano, Idris Muhammad got together, and they called themselves "Roots". Their album Stablemates is a solid all-star, all-acoustic, no fuss, album that is bound to get overlooked in the vast world of the recording industry..
The release of this fourth album by the all-star repertory band, Roots, celebrates the group’s tenth year of existence and combines some studio recordings with selections from a concert at The 1996 Cheltenham Jazz Festival.