25 August 2013

THE JAZZ EPISTLES "JAZZ EPISTLE VERSE 1" (CONTINENTAL, 1960)



THE JAZZ EPISTLES  "THE JAZZ EPISTLE VERSE 1"



Kippie Moeketsi, alto saxophone
Hugh Masekela, trumpet
Jonas Gwangwa, trombone
Dollar Brand, piano
Johnny Gertze, bass
Makaya Ntshoko, drums

A1. Dolla's Moods (Hugh Masekela)       5:32   
A2. Blues For Hughie (Kippie Moeketsi)       5:58    
A3. Ukujonga Phambili (Dollar Brand)        3:49    
A4. I Remember Billy (Kippie Moeketsi)     6:04    
B1. Vary-Oo-Vum (Dollar Brand)         5:05    
B2. Carol's Drive (Jonas Gwangwa)        5:15    
B3. Gafsa (Dollar Brand)               4:22    
B4. Scullery Department (Kippie Moeketsi)  7:02


Recorded at Gallo Studio, Johannesburg, South-Africa on January 22, 1960.

CONTINENTAL CON-T 14

(this rip from Gallo Record Company CDZAC 56R)

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19 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth25 August 2013 at 08:58:00 CEST

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  2. Anonymous25 August 2013 at 15:42:00 CEST

    thanks for this marvellous post. Great to hear the old stuff from the RSA exiles.
    gg

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  3. steve25 August 2013 at 18:15:00 CEST

    This looks amazing! Masakela and Dollar Brand back in the day!!! Many thanks for the listen.

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  4. boogieman25 August 2013 at 19:21:00 CEST

    A beautiful and historically important record. I suggest one listens to Jazz Epistles, then one of the Joe Harriot-Shake Keane 5tet, then some early Ornette with don Cherry and one will realize that there was definitely something in the air. I don't think any of them try to copy the other, it's just that they were moving in a similar direction, independently on three different continents.

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  5. Doug S.25 August 2013 at 20:41:00 CEST

    A flat-out historic LP. Simply cannot return to this often enough.

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  6. kinabalu26 August 2013 at 00:41:00 CEST

    A seminal one, for sure!

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  7. SOTISE26 August 2013 at 11:15:00 CEST

    Wonderful Music, thanks!

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  8. longbranch27 August 2013 at 04:11:00 CEST

    Somehow I never heard this one. Looking forward to it--thanks!

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  9. JC28 August 2013 at 22:21:00 CEST

    Thanks. I'd been wondering about this since becoming aware of it some time back. Vintage to be sure... and nice.

    Curious from any who may have other versions if the occasional distortion here is on the original or an artifact or mastering this edition? Given the time and place and technology it certainly may have been in the original recording (since it seems to only crop up on the loudest parts). The overall sound is good but the transients nag the recordist in me.

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  10. Anonymous7 July 2014 at 22:03:00 CEST

    Dommage! Les links ne fonctionnent plus!...

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  11. Andy7 July 2014 at 22:25:00 CEST

    The gamefront link is working.

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  12. Unknown13 July 2014 at 19:01:00 CEST

    Thanks man !

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  13. -Otto-1 October 2014 at 20:50:00 CEST

    Thank you, onxidlib. I must have spaced when it was posted a year+ ago. Glad the GF link is still active. Thank you!

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  14. Joe S.16 August 2015 at 18:00:00 CEST

    Any Chance of re-up on this great group?

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  15. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth16 August 2015 at 22:27:00 CEST

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  16. Solomon18 August 2015 at 01:12:00 CEST

    Thank you.

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  17. francisco santos19 August 2015 at 11:12:00 CEST

    Big THX !!!...

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  18. Chiquilicuatre y Zappa8 September 2015 at 11:08:00 CEST

    other gem in flac, o yeahh

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  19. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth12 November 2015 at 10:21:00 CET

    Link deleted - this release was reissued last month including a Dollar Brand trio outing.
    See f.e. http://www.discogs.com/Dollar-Brand-Plays-Sphere-Jazz/release/7617785

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