Via the excellent Matsuli Music:

I’ve been hunting down a copy of this LP for many moons when out of the blue I saw one of my favourite stores (Honest Jon’s in London) advertising a new vinyl reissue from Rhino. It’s a lesser known sixties recording featuring Dollar Brand that I was first alerted to by Rashid Vally and came just a year before Dollar returned to South Africa to “clean out”. The album features a stellar cast including: Elvin Jones (drums), Thad Jones (trumpet), Hank Mobley (tenor), Dollar Brand (piano), Donald Moore (bass), Steve James (electric piano) and George Abend (percussion). The track I’m sharing today has been recorded many times over the years by Abdullah Ibrahim. If you’re interested in Abdullah Ibrahims’ collaborations then be sure to look out for his sets with Don Cherry, Carlos Ward, Bea Benjamin, Gato Barbieri, Kippie Moeketsi, Archie Shepp, Buddy Tate, Max Roach and Johnny Dyani. A shortened discography is published at flat international here.

Listen.

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