{"product_id":"khan-jamal-creative-art-ensemble-drum-dance-to-the-motherland-vinyl-lp-zorn092lp","title":"Khan Jamal Creative Art Ensemble: Drum Dance To The Motherland Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne of the rarest private press jazz LPs of the 70s\u003c\/i\u003e finally gets a definitive vinyl pressing by the music lovers at Aguirre, under license from Eremite Records, who were the first to make this oft-mythologized album widely available via their 2006 remastered CD edition. Recorded live at the Catacombs Club in Philadelphia on or around October 6, 1972. Bandleader \u003cstrong\u003eKhan Jamal\u003c\/strong\u003e’s clarinet freakouts and adventurous vibes \u0026amp; marimba phrases color this wholly-unpredictable session; but this is the \u003cem\u003eDrum Dance To The Motherland\u003c\/em\u003e after all, and \u003cstrong\u003eAlex Ellison\u003c\/strong\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cstrong\u003eDwight James\u003c\/strong\u003e’ dueling drums are the spiritual signpost that guides you through the fog. Live sound engineer \u003cstrong\u003eMario Falana\u003c\/strong\u003e’s heavy hand on the space echo really takes this recording to the next level, lending a truly out-of-this-world feeling to a session otherwise firmly rooted in terrestrial soundscapes; think \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=King+Tubby\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKing Tubby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e producing late-period \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=john+coltrane\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrane\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at his most out. The audio was painstakingly transferred at Sony Music's 54th street studio from a minty copy of the original LP (the master tapes are long gone) with artwork faithfully reproducing the original center labels and hand-drawn cover from the original private press. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eremastered audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efaithfully-reproduced artwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eprinted insert w\/ extensive liner notes by Ed Hazell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eoriginal release year: 1973\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Aguirre Records 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by nick nightingale 01\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Khan Jamal Creative Art Ensemble","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":40187401830490,"sku":"fr-4825","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/khanjamal-drumdance-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1759287939","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/khan-jamal-creative-art-ensemble-drum-dance-to-the-motherland-vinyl-lp-zorn092lp","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}