[Back in Stock] A masterpiece among masterpieces of French avant-garde jazz, African jazz, and the JEF GILSON catalog! An astonishing ensemble unfolding in polyrhythms. From 1974. Highly recommended!
An incredible reissue from Holland's KINDRED SPIRITS! "Soul Of Africa," the collaborative album between HAL SINGER and keyboard runner JEF GILSON, who also played his own homemade organ, the MICRORGAN. Modal jazz in a vein that connects to SAHIB SHIHAB-related works. This isn't just surface-level "oh, there's Afro-flavored vocals and percussion so it feels African" — this is playing rooted in polyrhythm, one of the essential elements of African music. A handful of hardcore folks, including the BOREDOMS and PARA crowd, have boldly taken on polyrhythm, and this stands as one of the great achievements of polyrhythmic performance. EYE gave it high praise too. The way each performance densely harmonizes atop those irregular rhythms is nothing short of miraculous! Highly recommended, no question!
(Original Japanese text by Saito)
An incredible reissue from Holland's KINDRED SPIRITS! "Soul Of Africa," the collaborative album between HAL SINGER and keyboard runner JEF GILSON, who also played his own homemade organ, the MICRORGAN. Modal jazz in a vein that connects to SAHIB SHIHAB-related works. This isn't just surface-level "oh, there's Afro-flavored vocals and percussion so it feels African" — this is playing rooted in polyrhythm, one of the essential elements of African music. A handful of hardcore folks, including the BOREDOMS and PARA crowd, have boldly taken on polyrhythm, and this stands as one of the great achievements of polyrhythmic performance. EYE gave it high praise too. The way each performance densely harmonizes atop those irregular rhythms is nothing short of miraculous! Highly recommended, no question! (Original Japanese text by Saito)