MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes, to 1000
MISCELLANEOUS Mono, with Inserts, DeLuxe Cover
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Ron Jefferson - drums, flute
Buz Saviano - guitar
Roland Haynes - bass
Jackie Robinson - vocal (the speaker)
the speaker - 6:26
africa the beautiful - 15:55
fu yu - 4:26
every little bit helps - 24:02
This self-titled album is a testimony of the short lived-band led by New-York drummer Ron Jefferson during his stay in Paris in the mid-60s
After a first album under his name on Pacific Jazz in 1962, the founding member of The Jazz Modes and the Les McCann trio made the trip overseas
Here, he made his living by playing with the popular pianists Errol Parker or Hazel Scott but his main drive was this trio that he formed with two other US expats, bassist Roland Haynes (the same musician who recorded an album on Black Jazz as a pianist, as confirmed by Kirk Lightsey) and guitarist Buz Saviano
After a highly successful show at "Palais de Chaillot" in 1965, they were invited for a series of concerts in Dakar, Sénégal
On their return, Polydor International proposed them this session
You can hear the deep impact their stay in the Motherland had on their music on the stand-out track "Africa The Beautiful"
On pair with the best of Yusef Lateef’s afro-eastern explorations from the time, it showcases Ron on flute and Senegalese percussion
The album release nonetheless was a commercial failure that prompted the band’s separation and Ron’s return to New-York where he performed until his passing in 2007
Only a few copies of this record ever made it to the shops at the time and very few have had the chance to listen to it before this legit reissue remastered from the original MONO master tapes
RECORDING September 23 1965 at Studio Acousti Paris, France
ENGINEERING Sam Baruch
LABEL Polydor
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED 2020
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas Germany
MADE IN France / Germany
STYLE Jazz / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
