5 January 2011

Okay Temiz + Johnny Dyani – Witchdoctor’s Son (Istanbul, 1976)


Okay Temiz + Johnny Dyani – Witchdoctor’s Son (1976)
Release: 1976
Label: Yonca Plak (YCSLP 5013)

The Players:
* Okay Temiz - drums, percussion
* Johnny Dyani - bass, piano, vocals
* Saffet Gundeger - clarinet, violin
* Gunnar Bergsten - baritone sax
* Oguz - electric bass

Recorded 1976 in Istambul. Exact date unknown.


Tracklist:
(A1) Gece [The Night] (Okay Temiz) [03:46]
(A2) Yesil Fener [I'm a Green Lamp] (Turkish Trad. arr by O. Temiz) [05:46]
(A3) Sark Gezintileri [Orient Trip] (Turkish Trad. arr by O. Temiz) [04:16]
(A4) Karadeniz Dalgari [Black Sea Waves] (Turkish Trad. arr by O. Temiz) [02:10]
(A5) Doktur [Play for me] (Turkish Trad. arr by O. Temiz) [04:57]

(B1) Elhamdulillah Marimba [Marimba] (Don Cherry arr. by Johnny Dyani) [06:16]
(B2) Hepimiz Icin [It's for you all] (Johnny Dyani) [03:57]
(B3) Ben Muslumanim [I'm Muslim Man] (Johnny Dyani) [04:46]
(B4) Moriva [Moriva] (By the Children of South Africa) [07:33]

total time [43:33]


I got this LP in the sales-bin of a tiny record shop in Copenhagen. Never seen it again afterwards. A great musical bridge between cultures, and a very spontaneous, inspired set.

pressing could be better, i did my best to remove noises - have fun!

cheers
O
at

28 comments:

  1. Owombat5 January 2011 at 23:38:00 CET

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  2. wightdj6 January 2011 at 01:29:00 CET

    Very cool, thanks.

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  3. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 01:59:00 CET

    This is absolutely fantastic.

    There are youtube clips of Okay Temiz and Johnny Dyani playing with Don Cherry that are incredible, and apparently they all played along with a James Baldwin Istanbul once. One can dream.

    Thanks

    brian

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  4. Anonymous6 January 2011 at 17:08:00 CET

    This blog continues to astound me with the quality and breadth of material! Thank you all very much! -mb

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  5. bra robs8 January 2011 at 20:43:00 CET

    great! thank you !!

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  6. bra robs8 January 2011 at 20:47:00 CET

    thank you also for the worderful Ninesense live set !! every british / south african live tape is highly appreciated! a big THANK

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  7. Anonymous13 January 2011 at 23:33:00 CET

    this is seriously one of the best psych-jazz-world-ethno-folk-groove albums ever recorded.
    I hold onto my copy very dearly and play it everytime I feel like dancing.

    Cheers / Ozibm

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  8. kokolo3 May 2011 at 14:26:00 CEST

    Thank you very much!

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  9. Oyster13 September 2011 at 15:45:00 CEST

    Thank you very much for all Okay Temiz uploads. I was very much looking for them for years and years. I hope to find Temiz`s Drummer of the Two Worlds album.

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  10. matt s.29 September 2011 at 01:59:00 CEST

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been looking for this record for years, after I read a blurb about it. Every time I see it on Ebay there asking for well over $100. Thanks for this share, I am really looking forward to hearing this LP.

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  11. Oyster1 October 2011 at 13:45:00 CEST

    I hope you may like my Okay Temiz TV documentary and video uploads; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIzCFEBaCpg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CzYv-_bilA
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kzP5ipmb2o

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  12. Owombat3 October 2011 at 13:57:00 CEST

    @Oyster,
    thanks for the extended Okay Temiz doku! i admit i still did not have the time to watch the long clips (45-50 min) completely, but they give many nice impressions!

    cheers,
    Owombat

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  13. Anonymous9 October 2011 at 02:40:00 CEST

    to think that pompous rip-off gavin bryars had the nerve to speak badly of johnny dyani!!

    be like chris botti talkin' smack about miles davis!

    dyani ranks as one of the greatest folk-jazz bass players of all time, alongside mingus and the great bill lee.

    coupled with temiz! always amazing

    cheers

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  14. Anonymous8 December 2011 at 14:09:00 CET

    seriously ill.
    this album is a beast in the word's greatest sense.
    An unknown masterpiece.
    thank you.

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  15. Anonymous24 September 2012 at 18:51:00 CEST

    listening no, kicks ass!

    arigato mucho!

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  16. Unknown7 May 2014 at 18:22:00 CEST

    can you please repost the files!!!!!!

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  17. Unknown3 June 2014 at 14:03:00 CEST

    yes, I'd love to get to know this recording, could somebody please make it available again?

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  18. Sergej15 January 2015 at 13:04:00 CET

    I found it here
    http://musicfromallaround.blogspot.com/2012/05/okay-temiz-johnny-dyani-witchdoctors.html
    Enjoy

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  19. Anonymous14 February 2016 at 09:42:00 CET

    Can someone re-up it, the actual link on music around the world provide only a mp3 file, if someone have the flac it would be great!!
    thanks

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  20. Nod y20 September 2016 at 22:10:00 CEST

    Hi

    A re-up would be great?
    thank in advance

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  21. Anonymous28 February 2017 at 15:29:00 CET

    Yes many months later adding my voice to re-up requests which are now a year old...

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  22. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth28 February 2017 at 16:19:00 CET

    After searching again for this rip I haven't found it anywhere.
    Probably it could be found on someone else's hd or cd-r.
    I would appreciate a re-up as well.

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  23. mew2314 May 2017 at 13:39:00 CEST

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  24. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth14 May 2017 at 14:26:00 CEST

    Thank you very much, mew23!!!

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  25. francisco santos15 May 2017 at 16:28:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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  26. correct silence10 September 2017 at 16:00:00 CEST

    it have just been reissued on lp and on digital by Matsuli Music, a remastered edition with an incredible good sound compared to the original lp
    https://matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/witchdoctors-son

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  27. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth10 September 2017 at 16:04:00 CEST

    Deleted mew23's link 'cause it will be reissued on September 18, 2017. See comment above.

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  28. Prohibition6925 May 2020 at 23:44:00 CEST

    Matsuli Music have released a free (optional) download compilation should you wish to listen to the rest of the label: https://matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/mzansi-afro-jazz-sounds-matsuli-label-sampler

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