‘Their second and final LP, from 1973, with the same AACM-derived line-up as the first, plus Rufus Reid. Spiritual jazz, free jazz, soul jazz, fusion jazz, you name it — The Awakening take all those threads common to early ‘70s African-American music and, like any great ensemble, weave them into a beautiful sonic garment that’s greater than the sum of its parts. The Mirage is a bit less political/pan-African than Hear, Sense And Feel, which definitely owed some of its feel to the band’s Art Ensemble of Chicago/AACM roots; this record is a little more abstract, a little more varied in its moods and textural colouring, yet no less powerful and transporting.’