{"product_id":"lancaster-byard-mother-africa-copy","title":"LANCASTER, BYARD - Mother Africa","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"description\"\u003e\"At the beginning of the 1960s, at the Berklee College of Music,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eByard Lancaster\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emet some feisty friends:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonny Sharrock\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Burrell\u003c\/b\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTed Daniel\u003c\/b\u003e. It is easy to see why he rapidly became involved in free jazz. Once he was settled in New York, he appeared on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunny Murray Quintet\u003c\/b\u003e, recorded under the leadership of the drum crazy colleague of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Ayler\u003c\/b\u003e. In 1968, the saxophonist and flutist recorded his first album under his own name:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's Not Up To Us\u003c\/i\u003e. The following year he came to Paris in the wake of...\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunny Murray\u003c\/b\u003e. He would come back to France in 1971 (again with Murray) and in 1973 (without Murray for a change). This is when he met\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJef Gilson\u003c\/b\u003e, the pianist and producer who encouraged him to record under his own name again. On Palm Records (Gilson's label), he would release four albums:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUs\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Africa\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eExactement\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFunny Funky Rib Crib\u003c\/i\u003e. A few months after recording\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUs\u003c\/i\u003e, Lancaster recorded\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealong with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eClint Jackson III\u003c\/b\u003e, a trumpeter, partner of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKhan Jamal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah Howard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon other recordings. On March 8th, 1974, Lancaster and Jackson headed up a group composed of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-François Catoire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(electric and double bass), Keno Speller (percussion) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(drums). Together, they create an immediate impression. From the first seconds of \"We The Blessed\", they develop a free jazz which rapidly abandons any virulence under the effect of blues and soul based interventions. When Gilson's composition \"Mother Africa\" begins, listeners are transported into the studio, listening to the musicians setting up: chatting and joking... Then comes the melody: a dozen or so notes of a repeated theme which is accelerated and deformed according to their whims. This CD edition contains a bonus track, the magnificent \"Love Always\" that was originally released on the fourth (and last) volume of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJef Gilson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanthology series released in 1975. Recorded on March 8th, 1974, it is a beautiful 15-minute-long modal jazz piece. Four notes from the bass (the relentless Jean-François Catoire, who makes up the rhythm section alongside drummer\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand percussionist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeno Speller\u003c\/b\u003e), and the group is up and running. First ever CD reissue; carefully remastered and restored by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilles Laujol\u003c\/b\u003e; graphic design by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefan Thanneur\u003c\/b\u003e; digipack. CD Licensed from Palm \/ Geneviève Quievreux.\"\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Souffle Continu","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":48173210796251,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":48173210829019,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/files\/FFL095CD_CU.jpg?v=1731951923","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/lancaster-byard-mother-africa-copy","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}