Lloyd McNeill ~ Washington Suite 1970

A1~Home Rule
A2~Just 71% Moor
A3~2504 Cliffbourne Place
B1~Fountain In The Circle
B2~City Tryptich~Sandra Is The City~The Black Mayor~Imani
B3~Fountain In The Circle


Lloyd McNeill, flute
Marshall Hawkins, bass
Eric Gravatt, percussion
Eugene Rush, electric piano

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Sadao Watanabe - Pamoja

All credit to this post goes to Vichakani who has kindly contributed this album .Many thanks, I really appreciate reader's contributions .

From Dusty Groove

" This set was recorded live in Tokyo in 1975, and it features Watanabe working with a group that includes Isao Suzuki on bass, Yshiaki Masuo on guitar, and Takehiro Honda on piano. The four tracks are all long, with some of the searching Coltrane-ish playing that Watanabe brought to his earlier Sony albums, but they've also got a fair bit of the warmth he was reaching for during the 70s -- combining elements of world jazz styles into a mode that really pushed his work on alto and flute"

1. Vichakani

2. Musitoni

3. Pamoja

4. Everytime We Say Goodbye

Hannibal Marvin Peterson - Children Of The Fire

From Dusty Groove

"One of the most beautiful, most sophisticated, and most fully-realized sessions from trumpeter Hannibal Marvin Peterson -- and a record that features some incredible larger backings from David Amram! The set's a haunting suite dedicated to the children of Vietnam -- one that starts out in a darkly brooding mode, but which opens up with some extremely redemptive moments as the set moves on -- done in a very spiritual approach to soul jazz that's strongly in the Alice Coltrane tradition! Instrumentation includes a small string group, plus added percussion -- and musicians on the set include Art Webb on flute, Richard Davis on bass, Billy Hart on drums, Michael Cochran on piano, and Hannibal himself on both trumpet and koto. The lovely Alpha Johnson sings on a few of the album's tracks, and the whole thing is very warm and deep, and has a lot of variance in tempo and mood, with a strong spiritual feel similar to that of some of the more ambitious Strata East recordings from the time! Titles include "Forest Sunrise", "The Bombing", "Prayer", "Aftermath", and "Finale".

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Klaus Weiss Drum Box

Yet another classic from the MPS (Most Perfect Sound) label from 1975, this one featuring , apart from Klaus Weiss three other drummers , Daniel Humair, Kenny Clare & Todd Canedy.

It also includes Ack Van Rooyen on trumpet and the legendary Wolfgang Dauner on piano , possibly one of my all time favorite artists

There is a full line up back scan of the album cover included in the dl

Things we Enjoy

Cross Over

Dadar Mumam

And as I Looked Again

Drum Box

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Dave Pike Set - Four Reasons

Repost for Catasto Elettrico over at CATASTO'S FRIENDLY FIRE Blog

Make sure you check out his blog for some excellent music

Greater Kalesh No. 48 (5:50)

Professor Porno's Romance (3:50)

Cornflower Girl (2:42)

The Seventh Day (2:46)

Turn Around Mrs. Lot (5:18)

Goodtime Charlie At The Big Washdown (6:57)

A Nose Opener (5:20)

Four Reasons / Sitting On My Knees (5:45)

Bass, Cello, Percussion - J.A. Rettenbacher

Drums, Percussion - Peter Baumeister

Guitar, Sitar, Bass, Percussion - Volker Kriegel

Vibraphone, Tambourine, Percussion - Dave Pike

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Double Doug

Black Jazz Records was introduced to the public in the early 70’s by internationally renowned jazz pianist Gene Russell. He recognized the need for a jazz music record label which would produce and distribute quality recordings targeted toward the growing market of African centric awareness.
In it's heyday, Black Jazz Records represented a new and fresh alternative to traditional jazz, embodying the spirit of the black/urban awakening of the civil rights period. During it's six year existence, the record label made a major impact on the jazz world, both domestically and in foreign territories.
The Black Jazz roster consisted of ten instrumentalists and vocalists


Gene Russell - Piano
Rudolph Johnson - Saxophone
Calvin Keys - Guitar
Walter Bishop Jr. - Piano
Chester Thompson - Organ
Henry Franklin - Bass
Doug Carn - Piano, Organ, Keyboards
Jean Carn - Vocalist
Kellee Paterson - Vocalist
The Awakening - Instrumental Group

These artists were supported by a cast of some of America’s most respected jazz musicians.
It's most successful act, Doug and Jean Carn recorded three albums embodying several of the most spectacular vocal and keyboard performances of the era.

GUS VALI - CHIMERA A Fantasy in Jazz * Rock * Mid-East Sounds

I still have some more chemotherapy to go but thought I'd post something special (and very hard to find) for you all. I have been after this album for some time and finally, thanks to my friend Soulbrotha, managed to get it . Incredible line up , incredible album .... enjoy some psychedelic eastern jazz .

Gus Vali (tenor saxophone, soprano C clarinet) * Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone, soprano flute) * Joe Beck (guitar) * Charlie Palmieri (Fender Rhodes piano) * Steve Gadd (drums) * George Mgrdichian (oud) * Mohamed El Aakad (kunun) * Bernie Leighton (piano) * Tony Price (tuba) * Chet Amsterdam (bass) * Frank Malabe (conga drum) * Johnny Valentine (guitar, dudook, tambur, zurna) * George Mangas (buzukie) * Sourian Baronian (G clarinet, dumbek, dudook)

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