I bought this on vinyl in the late seventies and more recently as a CD. I've always felt the recording/mix to be pretty muddy. Not this evening, though. Wow! It sounds fantastic. Dense, but much more defined instrumentally.
Sclavis' left-field classic. Sounds almost classical in places with unaccompanied cello, then there are electronics, electric guitar, wordless vocals, rock beats... I think it's brilliant.
This time a live album with two acoustic basses, from the mid-2000s. Coleman is still creating, his music still evolving, a truly lovely man from what I've seen of him when he's played live.
Louis Moholo-Moholo, Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani and Rev Frank Wright - Spiritual Knowledge and Grace
The three South Africans and the American Avangardist improvise two long tracks at a gig in Europe. Pianist Chris McGregor couldn't make it, so tenor player Wright stood in.
To my ears, this is head and shoulders above many of Wright's own albums. The musicians spark off each other to make something quite different from what the US avant garde were doing.
Possibly not the easiest choice unless you're really into this kind of music, but it's one of my best discoveries this year.
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A discerning choice, sir!
Checking out bass tone & texture tonight, at low volume.
I forgot to add:
(BTW, That's not Ernie, it's Bob Golding - he doesn't half look like Ernie, though!)