Rain Forest is an album by flautist Jeremy Steig and bassist Eddie Gómez recorded in New York in 1980 and released on the German CMP label.[1][2][3]

Rain Forest
Studio album by Jeremy Steig and Eddie Gómez
Released	1980
Recorded	February and March 1980
Studio	Electric Lady Studios and Blank Tape Studios, New York City, NY
Genre	Jazz
Label	CMP CMP 12 ST
Producer	Eddie Gomez, Jeremy Steig, Kurt Renker
Jeremy Steig chronology
Music for Flute & Double-Bass (1979) Rain Forest (1980) Jigsaw (1980)
Eddie Gómez chronology
Music for Flute & Double-Bass (1979) Rain Forest (1980) Gomez (1984)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated "Virtuoso flute player. An improvisational tradition of various groupings".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jeremy Steig except where noted

1. "Dugnafied" − 5:20
2. "Rhumbline" (Gomez) − 6:20
3. "Sacrifice" − 6:47
4. "Rain Forest" (Gomez) − 4:48
5. "Amazon Express" − 3:15
6. "Rosa" (Gomez) − 3:44
7. "Carnival Sonata" (Gomez, Steig) − 5:40

Personnel

• Jeremy Steig – flute, bass flute, digital delay Mu-Tron biphase, Mu-Tron octave divider
• Eddie Gómez − bass
• Mike Nock − electric piano, synthesizer (tracks 2-4 & 6)
• Karl Ratzer − electric guitar (track 1)
• Jack DeJohnette (tracks 2 & 3), Steve Gadd (tracks 1 & 4) – drums
• Naná Vasconcelos − cuíca, berimbau, talking drum, shaker, cowbell, triangle, tambourine (tracks 3-5 & 7)
• Ray Barretto − congas (tracks 3 & 7)

References