Johnny Dyani - Witchdoctor's Son LP rare vinyl afro spiritual african free jazz
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Johnny Dyani with John Tchicai and Dudu Pukwana - Witchdoctor's Son LP - rare vinyl issue of this cool 1978 jazz record on wax - from limited edition on Steeplechase Records. very good plus copy. hard-to-find and collectible. own this artifact!
"...Witchdoctor's Son contains the most infectious, buoyant, gleeful music...the interaction between Pukwana and Tchicai's vastly differing phrase sensibilities is one of the joys of this recording..." (Lange, Down Beat)
ARTISTS
Johnny Dyani (bass)
Mohamed Al Jabry (congas)
Alfredo Nascimento (guitar)
Dudu Pukwana (alto sax)
Chuim de Sequeira (drums)
John Tchicai (tenor sax, alto sax) TRACKS
1. Heart With Minor's Face
2. Ntyilo Ntyilo
3. Radebe
4. Mbizo
5. Eyomzi
6. Magwanza
7. Radebe
8. Heart With Minor's Face
9. Ntyilo Ntyilo
"Since his arrival in England as a South African expatriate in the early '60s and as a member of the Blue Notes, bassist Johnny Dyani served as a powerful and creative component of innumerable ensembles (including those led by Abdullah Ibrahim and Chris McGregor) before releasing a series of albums under his own name in the late '70s and '80s. Witchdoctor's Son is certainly one of the best of these, featuring the wonderful dual reed frontline of John Tchicai and fellow ex-pat Dudu Pukwana. The pieces reflect Dyani's upbringing in the township style prevalent in South Africa, a joyous, surging music which seeks to transcend the horror of everyday life as experienced by the native majority. None of the compositions give a better example of this than the superb concluding number, "Magwaza," a traditional song arranged by Dyani with a grooving, elastic bassline that is absolutely irresistible and which provides fertile ground for inspired solos by Tchicai and Pukwana. Dyani would die far too early in 1986, but his warmth and utter musicality happily found expression in several small group recordings made in the prior ten years, of which Witchdoctor's Son is a sterling example. Highly recommended." - AMG, Brian O.
"Johnny "Mbizo" Dyani was from a musical family and began playing the piano and singing in a traditional choir at an early age. At 13, he switched to bass, but would use both voice and piano later on. Chris McGregor hired him for the Blue Notes after hearing him play with pianist Tete Mbambiza; the group left the country in 1964, playing first at the Antibes Jazz Festival, then in Zurich, London, and Copenhagen. In 1966, Dyani toured Argentina with Steve Lacy's quartet, recording The Forest and the Zoo (ESP). In 1970, he played in Don Cherry's trio with Okay Temiz, and sat in with McCoy Tyner in New York. He worked with Abdullah Ibrahim and Alan Shorter (Tes Esat, 1970), and formed his own Earthquake Power in 1971. The following year, Dyani co-founded Xaba with Mongezi Feza and Temiz. He became very active on the European scene, playing with Irene Schweizer, Han Bennink, and with visiting American free jazz musicians such as David Murray, Leo Smith, Joseph Jarman, and Don Moye. His Witchdoctor's Son band made records with Dudu Pukwana and John Tchicai for Steeplechase, and with Swedish and Brazilian musicians for Cadillac (Witchdoctor's Son Together, 1980). His quartet featured guests Don Cherry (Song for Biko, Steeplechase), Pukwana (Mbizo, Steeplechase 1981), and Butch Morris (Grandmother's Teaching, Jam). He recorded in duo with drummer Clifford Jarvis (African Bass, Red 1979), and his septet/octet recorded two albums with Charles Davis (Afrika and Born Under the Heat, both released in 1983). Detail was his '80s trio with John Stevens and saxophonist Frode Gjerstad, and Detail Plus featured Bobby Bradford on cornet. His 1985 album Angolian Cry (Steeplechase) was of a quartet with trumpeter Harry Beckett and Tchicai. A year later, Johnny Dyani died suddenly after a performance in Berlin." ~ Francesco Martinelli, Rovi
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CONDITION: very good plus copy (close to excellent, no real marks visible, dusty from years of storage, could use a cleaning); cover very good plus for its age.
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