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01. The Leaders - Wait a Minute Unforeseen Blessings
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02. Archie Shepp - Song For Mozambique / Poem: A Sea Of Faces
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03. Oliver Lake Quartet - Tap Dancer
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04. Karl Berger And Friends - Guitar Vibes
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05. Sun Ra Arkestra - Mayan Temples
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06. Muhal Richard Abrams Octet - Laja
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07. Andrew Cyrille & Maono - Metamusicians' Stomp
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08. The John Carter Octet - Ode To The Flower Maiden
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09. Diedre Murray, Fred Hopkins - Zebra Walking
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10. Joseph Jarman, Don Moye - Mama Marimba (feat. Johnny Dyani)
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11. Sun Ra Arkestra - Love On A Far Away Planet
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12. The Don Pullen Quartet - The Sixth Sense
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13. World Saxophone Quartet - Hattie Wall
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ARTIST
VA
TITLE
Hyperituals Vol. 2 - Black Saint
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
HYPERJAZZ RECORDS
CATALOG #
HJ 009LP
HJ 009LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
1/12/2024
A deep dive into the titles released by these legendary jazz labels refreshes the history and vital relevance of this music. A vast, incredibly stimulating yet little-known catalogue, Black Saint/Soul Note is an Italian "double" label based in Milan. Starting in the 1970s, by the 1980s it had established itself as one of the most important imprints for international jazz. Virtually all of the brightest names in creative jazz or the "avant-garde" of the era, left important artefacts: prominent Americans on the label included
Anthony Braxton
,
Max Roach
,
Archie Shepp
,
Don Cherry
,
David Murray
,
Roscoe Mitchell
, and
Sun Ra
. It also gathered innovative Europeans such as
Enrico Rava
,
Misha Mengelberg
,
Giorgio Gaslini
, to mention just a few. In two volumes -- the second of which is dedicated to tracks from the Black Saint catalog, while the first is focused on the Soul Note one -- the music chosen by
Khalab
renews in unexpected ways its connection with the present through his dystopian and Afrocentric sensibilities. In this second volume there are moments in which the rhythmic aspect is powerfully explicit (the relentless
Maono
project by
Andrew Cyrille
or the fierce tension of
Don Pullen
's quintet), others in which the kinetic aspect dialogues on different levels with African American cultural contexts (like
Oliver Lake
's nod to tap dance or the dystopian Latin-jazz of
Muhal Richard Abrams
), others in which the groove does not even need percussion ("Hattie Wall" by
World Saxophone Quartet
or the intimate dance of "Wait A Minute" from one of
The Leaders
' album). There is no shortage of instances where the sound links the present to Africa (the strings in the dialogue between
Diedre Murray
and
Fred Hopkins
or the textures of
Karl Berger
, without forgetting the very delicate polychromy woven by
John Carter
in "Ode to the Flower Maiden"), or references the most ancestral rituals (from
Jarman and Moye
's "Mama Marimba" with
Johnny Dyani
to the conscious Archie Shepp of "Song for Mozambique / Poem: A Sea Of Faces"), not to mention Sun Ra's eternal ability to connect Mayan temples to the farthest sidereal space. Khalab's Black Saint/Soul Note universe (which also draws on some work from the 1990s, when, without losing its vision, the label was going through a less vital period) is a colorful one, dotted with rhythmic galaxies in constant motion. It's a true feast for the ears, and a bewitching siren for the most curious and seasoned diggers. Also featuring
Joseph Jarman
and
Don Moye
.
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