World Jazz

Jazz with an ethnic twist.

  • Cosmic Eye: Dream Sequence (Amancio D’Silva) – Regal Zonophone 1972 Cosmic Eye: Dream Sequence (Amancio D’Silva) – Regal Zonophone 1972

    Produced by Lansdown’s Denis Preston the line up on this 500 micron raga led blast off includes: Amancio D’Silva, John Mayer and Alan Branscombe in conjunction with a host of highly accomplished Indian players. No titles, beginning or end, both sides take the raga route extending, developing and guiding the ear deep into a trance. […]

  • Yohanan Zarai - Is Tel Aviv Burning? Yohanan Zarai - Is Tel Aviv Burning?

    The Israeli film Shishim Sha’ot L’Suetz aka 60 Hours to Suez aka Is Tel Aviv Burning? apparently came out only 5 months after the 5 day war (1967) had ended, giving an account of those events. War movies don’t generally generate the best soundtracks, and this was still many years before Apocalypse Now. But this is […]

  • Sylvain Marc and Del Rabenja - Madagascar Now/Maintenant/'Zao Sylvain Marc and Del Rabenja - Madagascar Now/Maintenant/’Zao

    I don’t know very much about Madagascar, apart from the fact that it’s flora and fauna is unique due to the separation of the Island from the African mainland in ancient times. Also, I understand the language Malagasey is amazingly enough of the Malayo-Polynesian family and bears resemblance to the language of Borneo. With all […]

  • Carlos Malcolm - Ska Mania Carlos Malcolm - Ska Mania

    Carlos Malcolm and his Afro-Lamaican Rhythms rock out on 11 tracks, infusing jazz and mento with the ska sound. Favorites include the title track, “Wings Of A Dove”, “Skokian”
    check out “Tiptoe”

  • Charlie Palmieri - Either You Have It Or You Don't Charlie Palmieri - Either You Have It Or You Don’t

    Boogaloo and jazzy too, this Alegre release doesn’t turn up often. Produced by Pancho Cristal for a division of Roulette. I’m digging “Fat Papa’s Descarga”, “Boogaloo-Mania”, the groovy “Fat Papa” and jazzy “Either You Have It Or You Don’t”

  • Hailu Mergia and the Walias - Tche Belew Hailu Mergia and the Walias - Tche Belew

    I picked this up in Springfield, MO on a recent Ozark vacation. A great little store called “Stick it in Your Ear” had this staring at me from the $1.98 piles near the front. I didn’t even notice that Mulatu was a sideman on it until i got home. Great all the way through, but […]

  • Les Bardanes - Vers l'homme, Gospel Night N°4 Les Bardanes - Vers l’homme, Gospel Night N°4

    Right people, like with my last post, if you want the sound clip you have to patiently plug into my webpage and hear mix 1 at http://dr.lloyd.free.fr/ I have this propensity I can’t shake for sonic and sensual overload and I totally recognise that one of my biggest faults is overuse of the tape echo function on […]

  • The Joe Harriot John Mayer Double Quintet: Indo-Jazz Fusions The Joe Harriot John Mayer Double Quintet: Indo-Jazz Fusions

    I took this record in a trade for my shop, and was a little iffy about it. The pressing was weird and so was the music. It sat around for $25 until one day I decided to give it a good hard listen, and it f*cking floored me. Some of the most beautiful playing imaginable. […]

  • Musiques De L'O.N.F. - Music of the N.F.B. Musiques De L’O.N.F. - Music of the N.F.B.

    What makes this double-LP from 1977 special is it perhaps the earliest appearance of backing tracks to many of the avant-garde films in Canada. They were composed and sequenced (if you can call it that)using the earliest synthesizers and/or tape manipulation techniques. The compositions date from 1951 (!) – 1972, early in the game indeed.

  • Guem et Zaka Percussion - S/T Guem et Zaka Percussion - S/T

    Born to Nigerian parents brought to Algeria, percussionist Guem grew up playing traditional music and trance rhythms from an early age. His family soon initiated him into the secrets of the diwan–ceremonies where many of the participants enter a state of trance. The influence of the diwan is fully evident in this mellow and […]