Live at the Caravan of Dreams is an album by Ronald Shannon Jackson and The Decoding Society with Twins Seven Seven, recorded in 1985 at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth, Texas, and released on the Caravan of Dreams label. The album was rereleased on CD in 1999 on Knit Classics as Beast in the Spider Bush: Live at the Caravan of Dreams.

Live at the Caravan of Dreams
Live album by Ronald Shannon Jackson with Twins Seven Seven
Released	1986
Recorded	1985
Venue	Caravan of Dreams, Fort Worth, Texas
Genre	Free jazz
Length	39:07
Label	Caravan of Dreams Productions CDP 85005
Producer	Kathelin Hoffman
Ronald Shannon Jackson chronology
Decode Yourself (1985) Live at the Caravan of Dreams (1986) When Colors Play (1986)
Beast in the Spider Bush cover

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek stated: "The trademark harmolodic melody lines are present, but in the way of real group interplay and improvisation, there is little heat. Twins Seven Seven is a fantastic singing and drumming group; it would be a treat to hear them in some setting other than this one. As for the Decoding Society, it's clear that this was the beginning of the end creatively."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Ronald Shannon Jackson.

1. "The Ancient Voice of "E"" – 9:45
2. "Dream Caravan" – 8:54 [titled African Seance" on reissue]
3. "Ire (Eray)" – 9:04
4. "Boiling Cabbage" – 11:18

Personnel

• Ronald Shannon Jackson – drums
• Eric Person – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Akbar Ali – violin, barriphone
• Cary Denigris – guitar
• Reginal Washington – electric bass
• Twins Seven Seven – vocals, percussion, talking drum

References