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Harlem To Haarlem 08:26 | | 2. The Stank 07:36 | | 3. Leta's Dance 08:44 | | 4. Uhuru Sasa (Night Dreamer D2D Version) 03:24 | | 5. Dr. Follows Dance (Night Dreamer D2D Version) 07:13 | | | | | | R E L E A S E N O T E S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | | ------------------------- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | | | | | | The third release from Night Dreamer's essential "Direct-to-Disc" | | sessions sees an incredible meeting between legendary US saxophonist | | Gary Bartz and leading UK spiritual jazz ensemble, Maisha, featuring | | two Bartz classics and three brand new joint songs written by both | | Bartz & Maisha in close collaboration. | | | | Having cut his teeth playing with the likes of Charles Mingus, Max | | Roach, Art Blakey and finally in 1970, Miles Davis at the peak of his | | electric period, Gary Bartz became a leading figure of the | | early-to-mid 70s spiritual jazz movement, releasing a string of | | ground-breaking albums on legendary NYC jazz label Prestige Records | | with his NTU Troop, featuring classics such as "Celestial Blues", | | "Uhuru Dance" and "I've Known Rivers", before collaborating on Blue | | Note Records with the Mizell Brothers on the anthemic jazz funk of | | "Music Is My Sanctuary". An oeuvre much loved by soul jazzers and hip | | hop fans alike. | | | | Led by drummer Jake Long, Maisha have been central to the UK's jazz | | explosion, and have fast become the UK's most exciting and in-demand | | young spiritual jazz ensemble, from steller shows at Jazz re:freshed, | | Total Refreshment Centre & Church of Sound and supporting the Sun Ra | | Arkestra, to releasing their critically acclaimed debut LP, "There | | Is A Place" on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings in 2018. | | Theirs is an organic & explosive sound that blends influences from | | afrobeat and broken beat to Persian music, with a deep love and | | understanding of jazz, particularly the heritage of spiritual jazz | | led by titans such as Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane and of course, | | Gary Bartz. | | | | Which makes this collaboration even more special. Bartz was first | | invited to share a stage with Maisha by Gilles Peterson to headline | | the inaugural We Out Here festival. Their chemistry was rich and | | instantaneous, certainly a two-way street, with the young musicians | | reinvigorating the legend's performance and wowing the | | intergenerational festival audience. A European tour followed, | | including a London Jazz Festival highlight at the Royal Festival | | Hall, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his album "Another Earth", | | originally featuring fellow legends, Pharoah Sanders, Charles | | Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, and John Coltrane's own bassist, Reggie | | Workman. | | | | Now the relationship has evolved into a special straight-to-disc | | recording for Night Dreamer Records, that captures the vitality of | | their collaboration. Whilst Bartz and Maisha reinvent classic Bartz | | compositions "Uhuru Sasa" and "Dr Follows Dance", extending the | | pieces into long piece improvised grooves, their recording session | | gave birth to three brand new joint compositions, written the very | | same day. These include the propulsive "Leta's Dance" that magically | | combines the Bartz' soulful musical lyricism with Maisha's | | African-jazz influences, and the organic jazz funk of "Harlem to | | Haarlem", featuring a hot solo from guest trumpeter Axel | | Kaner-Lidstrom of Cykada & Levitation Orchestra fame. | | | | Like previous Night Dreamer efforts from afrobeat star Seun Kuti & | | Egypt 80, and the beautiful collaboration between Brazilian stars Seu | | Jorge & Roge, the album was recorded in Haarlem's Artone Studio, a | | stones throw from Amsterdam, in just one-take, straight-to-disc, | | avoiding post-production embellishments and retaining the purity of | | the performance lost in modern recording techniques. | | | | This record really is an event, in and of itself, a meeting of | | talents, minds, generations and zeitgeist moments, captured in a | | unique and pure manner. The music does not disappoint, as Maisha have | | been inspired to reach new heights whilst we find Bartz truly | | reinvigorated, and both artists in tune to the spirit of the other. | | | | | | Cut direct-to-disc on Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th October 2019 @ | | Artone Studio, Haarlem, The Netherlands. | | | | Executive producers: George Camdonius, Neal Birnie & Gilles Peterson. | | Recorded by Martijn Schouten & Patrick Scholtens. | | | | Personnel: | | Gary Bartz - alto & soprano saxophone | | Jake Long - drums | | Shirley Tetteh - electric guitar | | Alexander MacSween - keyboards | | Twm Dylan - double & electric bass | | Axel Kaner-Lindstrom - trumpet | | Tim Doyle - percussion | | | | | | YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! | | | | | | . . | | |\/\/| | | |____| | |------------------------------=---=-======-=---=-------------------------| |===/\===============================SOUNDz==========================/\===| '--/__\--------------------------=-2013-2020-=----------------------/__\--'