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Pieces of Woo: The Other Side
Studio album by Bernie Worrell
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Classical, experimental
Length	50:30
Label	CMP Records
Producer	Bernie Worrell, Bill Laswell
Bernie Worrell chronology
Blacktronic Science (1993) Pieces of Woo: The Other Side (1993) Free Agent: A Spaced Odyssey (1997)

Pieces of Woo: The Other Side is an album by the former Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist Bernie Worrell.^[1][2] It was released by CMP Records in 1993.^[3] None of the tracks contain drums or percussion. Pieces of Woo features Fred Wesley, Buckethead, and Umar Bin Hassan.

The New Straits Times praised "the funk-flavoured 'The Mask' and the noise exercise 'Gladiator Skull'," deeming them "full of forceful organ ripples that create an awe-inspiring wall of sound."^[4]

AllMusic called the album "a jaw-dropping, delightful adventure of unexplored and unexpected sonic realms."^[5]

1. "Witness For The Defense" (Fred Wesley, Worrell) 5:17
2. "Set The Tone/Victory" (Amina Claudine Myers, Umar Bin Hassan, Worrell) 9:48
3. "The Mask" (Buckethead, Worrell) 7:43
4. "Gladiator Skull" (Bill Laswell, Worrell) 4:13
5. "Moon Over Brixton" (Alfred Ellis, Wesley) 6:02
6. "Judie's Passion Purple" (Bill Laswell, Worrell) 14:43
7. "Fields of Play" (Oz Fritz, Bill Laswell, Worrell) 2:45

Witness For the Defense

• Organ, Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell
• Trombone: Fred Wesley
• French Horn: Vincent Chancey
• Bass Clarinet: Marty Ehrlich
• Bassoon: Janet Grice
• Clarinet: Patience Higgins
• Woodwind Arranger: Bernie Worrell

Set The Tone/Victory

• Mini Moog, Clavinet: Bernie Worrell
• Organ: Bernie Worrell, Amina Claudine Myers
• Vocal Narration: Umar Bin Hassan

The Mask

• Organ: Bernie Worrell
• Guitar, Effects: Buckethead

Gladiator Skull

• Organ, Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell
• Beats, Loops, Samples: Bill Laswell

Moon Over Brixton

• Organ: Bernie Worrell
• Trombone: Fred Wesley
• French Horn: Vincent Chancey
• Bass Clarinet: Marty Ehrlich
• Bassoon: Janet Grice
• Clarinet: Patience Higgins
• Noise: Bill Laswell
• Woodwind Arranger: Bernie Worrell

Judie's Passion Purple

• Electric Piano, Organ: Bernie Worrell
• Organ: Amina Claudine Myers
• Noise: Bill Laswell

Fields of Play

• Synthesizer: Bernie Worrell
• Samples, Effects: Bill Laswell
• Sounds: Oz Fritz