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01. Modern Sound Quintet - Otinku
02. Modern Sound Quintet - Flowers In The Rain
03. Modern Sound Quintet - Bye Bye Blackbird
04. Modern Sound Quintet - Flamenco Groove
05. Modern Sound Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
06. Modern Sound Quintet - Suger Daddy
07. Modern Sound Quintet - Bags Groove
08. Modern Sound Quintet - Taking A Nap
09. Modern Sound Quintet - Ursia
10. Modern Sound Quintet - Softly As In The Morning Sunrise
11. Modern Sound Quintet - Memphis Underground
ARTIST
TITLE
Otinku
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
EM 1072CD EM 1072CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/10/2007

The Modern Sound Quintet was formed by Rudy Smith, a Trinidadian master of the "pans" and a genuine jazz bebopper, in late 1960s Sweden. This international group of musicians features John Rochford (piano) from Barbados, Sigfried McIntosh (bass) from Surinam, George Allyn (drums) from Trinidad and Kofi Ayivor (congas) from Ghana. Lars Samuelson, a jazz trumpet player and producer in Sweden who heard this quite unique quintet, was captivated by their concept and sound, and asked them to record an album. Otinku, the resulting album, was recorded in Stockholm in 1971, produced by Samuelson, and originally released on the Odeon label, a subsidiary of EMI Finland. With an Afro-jazz/Caribbean orientation, the selections are a rich mixture of jazz standards and original compositions, including recently re-discovered killer funk tunes "Otinku" and "Sugar Daddy,"and a fine steel jazz version of "Bags Groove." The album was their only release and is now a sought-after item for steel pan/Caribbean music fans and vinyl diggers.