listening to this on repeat, this is so joyful

Please release this so younger people can stream and discover it.  Amazing!!

Came over from Four Tet's SolidSteel mix. Absolute gold!

I love this.  Nowhere to be found on Spotify or Apple music.  Why?

Groovy Jazz etc 16

Let me in
Get me out
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight 

You told me something,
What was it?
You told me something 
I couldn’t hear

Then you packed your shit, you left
From the door that you came in
Then you packed your shit, you left
From the door that you came in

I curse the day that I met you 
I curse the day that I met you 
I curse the day that I met you 
I curse the day

You told me something,
What was it?
You told me something 
I couldn’t hear

You do it all the time
You leave me nothing behind
All the time
All the time 
All the time
All the time
All the time
All the time
All the time
Please be mine

Something

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Otoroku is extremely proud to present the first vinyl reissue of one of the most legendary free jazz records ever produced. Originally released in 1978 on Ogun recordings, Louis Moholo Octet’s Spirits Rejoice! is a high achievement in the movement of the era as it soars beyond oppression with a raucous and spiritually uplifting surge of movement and melody 

Featuring Harry Miller, Johnny Dyani, Keith Tippett, Evan Parker, Nick Evans, Radu Malfatti and Kenny Wheeler, this is former Blue Note artist Louis Moholo’s first album under his own name and is a classic example of the cross-pollination between South African and British players. Mongezi Feza’s ‘You Ain’t Gonna Know Me ‘Cos You Think You Know Me’ alone is enough to make your life a better place.

From Matthew Wright’s new liner notes: 

The South African melodies, now so familiar, were wholeheartedly taken on board by the individual musicians, their unity of purpose mirroring the belief in the strength of the collective. Stunning solos, often close to the edge, feature throughout –  Evan Parker and Keith Tippett on “Shine Wherever You Are”; the contrasting trombone styles of Nick Evans and Radu Malfatti on “You Ain’t Gonna Know Me...”; the octet sounding like a full big band; and behind them, the relentlessly rhythmic urgency of the piano, bass and drums. Add to this Kenny Wheeler’s moving and all-encompassing trumpet on the elegiac “Amaxesha Osizi” and the joyous flamboyancy of “Wedding Hymn” with Parker’s relatively straight-ahead tenor and Tippett’s dextrous piano solo over a bed of riffing horns, (fast) walking bass lines and a supreme sense of swing. Louis’ early hero, Big Sid Catlett, would have loved it!

This 2019 re-issue has been made with permission and in association with Ogun records. Features an exact reproduction of the original artwork and liner notes along with new liner notes from Matthew Wright. Remastered by Giuseppe IIelasi and packaged in a high gloss sleeve this is the definitive release of one of the absolute free jazz classics of the 20th Century.

Edition of 1000 copies.

Spirits Rejoice!

Louis Moholo Octet - You Ain't Gonna Know Me 'Cos You Think You Know Me

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The Messenger

New Direction

Black Orchid

Dropsonde

Sherbrooke

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Most of my playlists are not organized & just hold songs I'm interested in, many of which I haven't listened to yet. The "freeform current listening" playlist is as it says & will be updated regularly. Many of my reposts were unintentional, they were just random tracks I was trying to add to a playlist using my phone & I've got clumsy fingers.

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