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JEF GILSON HAL SINGER - SOUL OF AFRICA - ORIGINAL FRENCH PRESSING -VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1975 FRENCH-ONLY LE CHANT DU MONDE LP LDX-74556
ORIGINAL FRENCH PRESSING
ORIGINAL RED LE CHANT DU MONDE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT
THIS ITEM COMES FROM THE INCREDIBLE, SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTION WE ACQUIRED A WHILE AGO, IN WHICH ITEMS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT BY THE OWNER FROM THE MID-1970s to THE MID-2010s WERE KEPT STILL SEALED IN A NEAR-LABORATORY, TIME-CAPSULE CONDITIONS AND IN PRACTICALLY CLIMATE- AND HUMIDITY- CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. CONDITIONS OF SOME OF THESE ITEMS RANGE FROM IMPECCABLE TO TRULY UNBELIEVABLE. SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM PIECES LOOKED SO PERFECT THAT WE HAD TO REINSPECT AND RE-EXAMINE THEM A FEW TIMES TO MAKE SURE THEY OUR EYES ARE NOT DECEIVING US.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST FRENCH PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER EUROPEAN STYLE
ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
SURPRISINGLY THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
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Considered one of the most important Afro-Parisian jazz records of the 70s, Soul Of Africa sees Texas tenor sax giant Hal Singer team up with French pianist Jef Gilson, and his Afrocentric, big jazz band. Originally released in 1974 on legendary French imprint French Le Chant Du Monde, Soul of Africa is full of rhythmic modal jazz. Soul Of Africa plays off the talents of Singer and Gilson with great panache, all the while supported by the sublime percussive talents of Gilson s finely directed band. During the 60s, Gilson was equal to the likes of Miles Davis, and was responsible for unearthing the talent Henri Texier, one of jazz s unrivaled, brilliant bass players. His music spanned various modes of jazz, and was recognized primarily for his Malagasy works, inspired by his trips to Madagascar. Contemporary music fans will be familiar with his work, after a recent Four Tet project sampled, remixed, and compiled a selection of his work. Hal Cornbread Singer who, in his long career, played alongside Duke Ellington, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, and far more, was a Mercury Records legend whose work with rhythm and blues, and jazz is unparalleled.
The percussion is a dominant force throughout Soul Of Africa. Particularly colourful rhythmic details arise from Mother Africa , which swings through an overloaded jumble of drumming and complex upright basslines, while Singer cuts through the chaos with his clarion tenor lines. There seems to have been a good number of high quality spiritual jazz reissues in recent times, and Soul Of Africa is another to add onto that list
EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW
Track list
A1 Chant Inca 8:40
A2 Mother Africa 6:54
B1 The High Life 3:58
B2 Libertarian 5:27
B3 Garvey s Strut 6:05
Printed By Est-Typo-Offset, Vincennes
Bass Jacky Samson
Drums Frank Raholison
Ensemble Malagasy Rhythm
Layout A.M. Dufour
Liner Laurant Goddet
Percussion Del Rabenja, Gerard Rakotoarivony
Photography By J.J. Pussiau, J.P. Leloir, Thierry Trombert
Piano Jef Gilson
Tenor Saxophone Hal Singer
Vibraphone Bernard Lubat
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a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
