JAZZ FANTASIA by GIDEON NXUMALO

SKU110315
ArtistGIDEON NXUMALO
TitleJAZZ FANTASIA
LabelMAD ABOUT RECORDS
Catalog #MAR 015
Tag
ReleaseW 49 - 2019
FormatVinyl - EULP
EAN Barcode4040824089092
Import
 € 24,99 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. chopi chopsticks
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/mar_015_jazz_fantasia/a1_-_chopi_chopsticks.mp3
  2. isintu
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/mar_015_jazz_fantasia/a2_-_isintu.mp3
  3. split soul
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/mar_015_jazz_fantasia/a3_-_split_soul.mp3
  4. first movement - rat race
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/mar_015_jazz_fantasia/b1_-_first_movement_-_rat_race.mp3
  5. second movement - home at night
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/mar_015_jazz_fantasia/b2_-_second_movement_-_home_at_night.mp3
  6. third movement - having a ball
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/mar_015_jazz_fantasia/b3_-_third_movement_-_having_a_ball.mp3

Description

500 copy repress of probably the most rare release in south-African jazz !

Along with Chris McGregor, Gideon Nxumalo helped pioneer the pre-exile South African Jazz sound. His 1962 album ‘Jazz Fantasia’ is widely regarded as a seminal South African jazz record.
The record featured legendary jazz altoists Kippie Moeketsi and a very young Dudu Pukwana Dudu Pukwana plays sax in similar Albert Ayler's vein! Moeketsi was a colossal South African jazz figure during this time, and ‘Jazz Fantasia’ signaled Moeketsi’s last commercial success before his struggles with alcohol and depression took their toll. The album was recorded at the Great Hall at Wits University in September 1962. It was commissioned by the university as part of an arts festival.

With a limited pressing at the time, the album has become a revered foundation of modern South African jazz music, even though it is a rare album to find.

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