From Michael Jackson to Malcolm X: Gary Bartz NTU Troop’s “Juju Street Songs” (1972) vinyl Gary Bartz at his best created music that heals the soul and lifts the spirit. This may sound trite to you. So be it. If language was sufficient to express what I hear in the best jazz musicians’ work, there…
As a rule I avoid weddings and funerals. They both represent transitional stages for which I’m not ready, and – if I had my way – would put off indefinitely. However I’ve often sat around thinking about what music I would like to have playing at both of them, should I be so unfortunate as…
Gary Bartz “Anthology” 2004 Soul Brother Records (CD SBPJ 23) Made in England Recordings from 1971 – 1977 1 Celestial Blues 7:35 2 Uhuru Sasa 6:47 3 Drinking Song 5:16 4 Dr. Follow’s Dance 2:39 5 I’ve Known Rivers 8:34 6 I Wanna Be Where You Are 7:14 7 Ju Ju Man 9:11 8 Sea…
Mulatu Astatke“Mulatu Steps Ahead”Released March 25, 2010Strut Records (056CD) 1. Radcliffe 2. Green Africa 3. Way To Nice, The 4. Assosa 5. I Faram Gami I Faram 6. Mulatu’s Mood 7. Ethio Blues 8. Boogaloo 9. Motherland I enjoyed last year’s collaboration between Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics (called, unimaginatively, Inspiration Information Volume 3, a…
Herbie Hancock FAT ALBERT ROTUNDA Released 1969 on Warner Brothers (WS 1834) CD Reissue WEA Germany 1. Wiggle-Waggle (Hancock) – 5:51 2. Fat Mama (Hancock) – 3:49 3. Tell Me a Bedtime Story (Hancock) – 5:01 4. Oh! Oh! Here He Comes (Hancock) – 4:08 5. Jessica (Betts/Hancock) – 4:13 6. Fat Albert Rotunda (Hancock)…
