Soft Touch 7" Special

Soft Touch. Plenty Action.

Bay Area Business from 1976 on Sundance records. Plenty of Soul, Plenty of Bass, Plenty of Action !!

Killer

Nancy Wilson

Nancy Wilson
This Mother's Daughter. Capitol 1976.

Sweet summer soulfulness from the beautiful Nancy Wilson. There's some big hitters supporting Ms Wilson on this hard to track down lp. George Duke, Blue Mitchell, Dave Grusin, Hugh McCracken, Steve Gadd to name but a few. For me, it's Chuck Rainey's bass that wins this contest hand down. Swirling strings, heavenly background vocals and perfect production from Eugene McDaniels are all to be found on this killer track,

"From you to me to you"

Gerry Olds Trio

Gerry Old Trio. Here Goes.
KM7299

More obscure, privately pressed, left field business out of San Francisco. An album providing 2 completely different sides to Gerry Olds talents. There's the mainstream accoustic trio tracks, such as a lovely version of Gershwin's Summertime. Then there's the more avant garde, electronic side of things offered here, with 4/3 + 1. (Credited to Gerry Olds and the San Francisco Tape Music Center) The whole album is a treasure from start to finish. Gerry is accompanied by bassist Tom Beeson and Drummer Lee Charlton. The artwork is Jack Chevalier.

Highly Recomended

Michael Gregory Jackson

Michael Gregory Jackson

Clarity. Bija 1976, MJ1000.

Another, "far to good to be milling around in the comments" drop. This time, it's Art Simon whos come up trumps with this tasty offering.

Some words from AMG;

"Clarity is one of the most interesting titles in guitarist Michael Gregory Jackson's sparse catalogue. Jackson had initially played in alto saxophonist Oliver Lake's band in the early seventies and hung around the loft scene initiated at Sam River's Studio Rivbea in New York. On his first date as a leader, he employs Lake and trumpeter Leo Smith who both double on an assortment of instruments, along with tenor saxophonist David Murray on one of his earliest dates. Jackson's relatively conventional electric and acoustic guitar style works in tandem with electric mandolin, bamboo flute, timpani marimba, percussion, and vocals (on the title cut only.) Clarity utilizes space and percussion similar to like-minded AACM (or, for that matter, BAG) dates of the time. With the combined participants and ESP banner, you would expect this to be an intense avant-garde summit meeting, but it rarely reaches that level of intensity, with the exception of Clarity(4) instigated by the presence of Murray's Ayler-like screeches."

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Dyani : Temiz : Feza.

Music for Xaba.

Recorded at Theatre Nine, Stockholm, Sweden. 2nd November 1972.

Johnny Dyani; Bass Piano Vocals

Okay Temiz; Drums Percussion

Mongezi Feza; Trumpet Percussion

Strata east sound-a-like business with very heavy percussion and Afro undertones from 1972. Mongezi Feza displays a similar tone to Charles Tolliver, supported by some fine work by Okay Temiz on drums.

Check out Idyongwana, heavy gears!

Finally uploaded

The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe

A Spirit Speaks

The Decendants of Mike and Phoebe : Strata east

Japanese Black ark re-issue (out of print) of this special Strata east release.

Up for a limited time, one for Blackclassical

enjoy

De Frank and the Professionals

De Frank and the Professionals.

Massive respect to that man Reza again, for pointing me in the direction of this little afro-beat nugget a few months back. De Frank is the powerhouse percussionist driving this monster lp along from start to finish. Have a listen to "afe ato yen bio"

What a stormer.

Damn, when are those high heel Shinga-ling sneakers gonna make a comeback?