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22 December 2018

CHARLES "BOBO" SHAW & THE HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE "P'NK J'ZZ" (MUSE, 1981)


This is  "Çonceré Ntasiah", originally released on Universal Justice.

Shortly thereafter Muse did a reissue with another title: "P'nk J'zz".



Charles "Bobo" Shaw, drums
Joseph Bowie, trombone
Julius Hemphill, soprano saxophone
Francois Nyomo Mantuila, acoustic & electric guitars
Alex Blake, bass, electric bass
Abdul Wadud, cello


A1. Steam Away Kool 500     (10:02)
A2. Jacki Bee Tee     (8:23)
B1. Concere Ntasiah (10:57)
B2. Be Bo Bo Be     (5:13)


Recorded at Studio Rivbea, New York.


Original release on Universal Justice UJ 101
This rip from Muse MR 5232

2 December 2014

CHARLES SULLIVAN "GENESIS" (STRATA-EAST, 1974)



Charles Sullivan, trumpet & fluegelhorn
Sonny Fortune, alto saxophone
Stanley Cowell, piano
Alex Blake, bass
Billy Hart, drums
Lawrence Killian, congas, percussion
Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals
L.Sharon Freeman, fender rhodes (only tr.3)
Onaje Allen Gumbs, piano (only tr.2)
Anthony Jackson, bass guitar (only tr.3)
Alphonse Mouzon, drums (only tr.3)


A1. Evening Song     8:31
A2. Good-Bye Sweet John (In Memory Of John Foster: Pianist)     5:57
A3. Field Holler    3:42
B1. Now I'll Sleep     4:36
B2. Genesis     17:36


Recorded at Sound Ideas, N.Y.C. June, 20 & 21, 1974.
"Field Holler" recorded at Minot Sound, White Plains, N.Y. July 24, 1974.

STRATA-EAST SES-7413

(vinyl rip)