Desert Marauders is an album by American jazz pianist Art Lande and the band Rubisa Patrol recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.[1]

Desert Marauders
Studio album by Art Lande and Rubisa Patrol
Released	1978
Recorded	June 1977
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:35
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Art Lande chronology
The Eccentricities Of Earl Dant (1977) Desert Marauders (1978) The Story of Ba-Ku (1978)

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]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[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

• • Recorded at the Tonstudio Bauer in Ludwigsburg, West Germany in June 1977

Personnel

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

References