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ARTIST
GHANIA WITH PHAROAH SANDERS, MALEEM MAHMOUD
TITLE
The Trance Of Seven Colors
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
ZEHRA
CATALOG #
ZEHRA 001LP
ZEHRA 001LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
10/11/2019
2024 repress. Zehra present
The Trance Of Seven Colors
by master Gnawa musician
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania
and free jazz legend
Pharoah Sanders
, available on vinyl for the very first time. Originally released in 1994 on
Bill Laswell
's Axiom imprint, and produced by
Bill Laswell
,
The Trance Of Seven Colors
is the meeting of two true musical masters. Maleem Mahmoud Ghania (1951-2015), son of the master of Gnawa music
Maleem Boubker Ghania
and the famous clairvoyant and "moqaddema",
A'isha Qabral
, and a master of the traditional Gnawa style in his own right. Mahmoud learned this craft as a youth along with his brothers, walking from village to village, performing ceremonies with his father Boubker and was one of the few masters (Maleem) who continued to practice the Gnawa tradition strictly for healing (the central ritual of the Gnawa is the trance music ceremony -- with the purpose of healing or purification of the participants). With 30 cassette releases of music from the Gnawa repertoire with his own ensemble and performances at every major festival in Morocco, including performing for the King in various contexts, Mahmoud Ghania was also one of Morocco's most prominent professional musicians. In 1994, Bill Laswell and Pharoah Sanders went to Morocco equipped with just some mobile recording devices to record Ghania and a large ensemble of musicians (a good portion being family members) in a very intimate set-up at a private house. Sanders, the legendary free jazz musician, contributed the distinctive tenor saxophone sounds that gained him highest praise as a truly spiritual soul right from the days of playing with
John Coltrane
and his wife
Alice
and on seminal solo albums, like
Karma
(1969). The aptly titled
The Trance Of Seven Colors
ranks among the best Gnawa recordings ever released, making it onto The Vinyl Factory's list of "10 incredible percussive albums from around the world". 25 years after its original CD release, it is finally available on vinyl. Remastered for vinyl and vinyl cut by
Rashad Becker
at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. 180 gram vinyl; comes in gatefold sleeve; includes download code. "
One of the most important albums of Gnawa trance music released in the '90s.
" --The Attic "
first-hand access to Gnawa healing ceremonial music
" --All Music
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