Hommage To Africa - Actuel Volume 3 [Vinyl 1LP 180gr]

Avant Jazz / Free Improvisation / Avant-Garde
premiera polska: 01.07.2009
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Gatefoldowe etui
opis:
allmusic.com:
This was one of the first BYG productions to hit the streets, and was apparently recorded on the same day as the later and musically more successful album Sunshine. The two-part track "Suns of Africa" involves a good dozen players, many of them big names in free jazz, in a kind of big gloppy piece that, even if it was well recorded, would probably not hold up to repeated listenings. A second part of this piece, less then two minutes long, seems to have been concocted from whatever the engineer was able to catch when he flipped the tape. The second side adds the excellent brass players Clifford Thornton and Grachan Moncur to one of the effective small band lineups represented on the previously mentioned Sunshine date. This is a much more exciting performance, although bad recording definitely hampers the trombone sound, as well as everything else including the leader's drums. The tune "R.I.P." is one of Murray's better compositions; simple but put together very well. The fact that it takes up the entire side at just a bit over ten minutes is probably not going to make buyers jump up and down for joy.
by Eugene Chadbourne

muzycy:
Roscoe Mitchell: Alto Saxophone, Flute
Alan Silva: Bass
Clifford Thornton: Cornet
Sunny Murray: Drums
Arthur Jones: Gong, Tambourine, Bells on tracks A1, A2
Dave Burrell: Piano
Archie Shepp: Tenor Saxophone on tracks A1, A2
Kenneth Terroade: Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Earl Freeman: Timpani, Bells on tracks A1, A2
Grachan Moncur III: Trombone
Lester Bowie: Trumpet, Flugelhorn on tracks A1, A2
Jeanne Lee: Voice, Bells on tracks A1, A2
Malachi Favors: Xylophone, Bells on tracks A1, A2

utwory:
A1. Suns Of Africa - Part 1 15:15
A2. Suns Of Africa - Part 1 2:40
B1. R.I.P. 10:35
B2 .Unity 6:55

wydano: 2009-07-01
nagrano: Recorded August 15, 1969, Paris