22 September 2015

YAQUB MALIK "YAQUB SPEAKS" (THE HOUSE OF YAQUB, 1980)



Yaqub Malik (formerly Mack Spears) .... who at 19 was chosen as the successor to Charlie Parker & shared the stage with Bud Powell, Duke Jordan, Elmo Hope & even the legendary Miles Davis....

About six years ago I got this rip from another blog. I don't remember from where. Probably it was El Reza's old blog.
But this rip is in flac (I checked it) and not in mp3.
However - thanks to the original uploader and for the LP rip.

Two weeks ago I visited a friend in Potsdam (near Berlin). During the two days of my visit he got the LP.
We listened to it and I've again enjoyed especially the first track on side A.
But the whole LP is thoroughly enjoyable. This is how I was reminded about the files on my pc.
I've removed manually a few clicks and one heavy point of blasting - that's it.

More info about Malik Yaqub you'll find here and here. Some more in Spanish here and here.

 

Malik Yaqub, tenor saxophone (A1 & A2) + piano (B1-B3)
J.J. Yaqub, hammond organ + tenor saxophone
G. Al Aska, bass
Debbie Gray, drums

A1. Yaqub Speaks 8:40
A2. Muna Sweet Tuna 7:42
B1. The Underworld Of Osman In The Holy Land 6:46
B2. Ruqaiyah 5:37
B3. Music For The Four In One 6:59

Recorded in San Francisco

THE HOUSE OF YAQUB HY-4141 (1980)

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12 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth22 September 2015 at 17:05:00 CEST

    1fichier

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  2. Bhowani22 September 2015 at 18:06:00 CEST

    Many thanks for this improved version,Onxidlib !

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  3. corvimax22 September 2015 at 18:27:00 CEST

    I didnt expect anymore to see the whole album, there were a couple of tracks around some years ago that caught my attention, many thanks

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  4. Anonymous24 September 2015 at 19:40:00 CEST

    The last track contains some very distracting (yet enticing) sounds of a woman, are these part of the original recording?

    Thanks anyways for this interesting album!

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  5. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth24 September 2015 at 22:29:00 CEST

    Yep - the woman's sound are part of the LP and do not fall in my responsibility ;-)
    Cheers

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  6. Rev. bIGhIG25 September 2015 at 08:36:00 CEST

    Great stuff, quality sound!
    Really diggin' this. Thanks, man.

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  7. kinabalu25 September 2015 at 10:56:00 CEST

    If the sounds are enticing, then I would not say they are distracting :-)

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  8. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth25 September 2015 at 19:53:00 CEST

    Maybe distracting from the seduction (inveiglement...) :-)

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  9. indigonoir29 September 2015 at 01:21:00 CEST

    This album has a permanent place on my iPod. Thank you for an upgrade.

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  10. Guitarradeplastico,scraping oddities27 January 2020 at 10:33:00 CET

    Many thanks

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  11. Anonymous27 January 2020 at 16:50:00 CET

    Thanks Ernst!

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  12. BT28 January 2020 at 09:08:00 CET

    Thank-you very much

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