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| Artist______________ Gary Bartz & Maisha |
| Title_______________ Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions |
| Label_______________ Night Dreamer / ND007 |
| Genre_______________ Jazz |
| Year________________ 2020 |
| Release Date________ 2020-06-02 |
| Street Date_________ 2020-05-29 |
| Source______________ WEB |
| Encoder_____________ MP3 / Lavf |
| Quality_____________ CBR 320kbps 44.1kHz |
| Size________________ 81.2MiB |
| Playtime____________ 0:35:22 |
| URL_________________ https://play.google.com/store/music/album/ |
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| 1. Harlem To Haarlem 08:26 |
| 2. The Stank 07:36 |
| 3. Leta's Dance 08:44 |
| 4. Uhuru Sasa (Night Dreamer D2D Version) 03:24 |
| 5. Dr. Follows Dance (Night Dreamer D2D Version) 07:13 |
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| The third release from Night Dreamer's essential "Direct-to-Disc" |
| sessions sees an incredible meeting between legendary US saxophonist |
| Gary Bartz and leading UK spiritual jazz ensemble, Maisha, featuring |
| two Bartz classics and three brand new joint songs written by both |
| Bartz & Maisha in close collaboration. |
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| Having cut his teeth playing with the likes of Charles Mingus, Max |
| Roach, Art Blakey and finally in 1970, Miles Davis at the peak of his |
| electric period, Gary Bartz became a leading figure of the |
| early-to-mid 70s spiritual jazz movement, releasing a string of |
| ground-breaking albums on legendary NYC jazz label Prestige Records |
| with his NTU Troop, featuring classics such as "Celestial Blues", |
| "Uhuru Dance" and "I've Known Rivers", before collaborating on Blue |
| Note Records with the Mizell Brothers on the anthemic jazz funk of |
| "Music Is My Sanctuary". An oeuvre much loved by soul jazzers and hip |
| hop fans alike. |
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| Led by drummer Jake Long, Maisha have been central to the UK's jazz |
| explosion, and have fast become the UK's most exciting and in-demand |
| young spiritual jazz ensemble, from steller shows at Jazz re:freshed, |
| Total Refreshment Centre & Church of Sound and supporting the Sun Ra |
| Arkestra, to releasing their critically acclaimed debut LP, "There |
| Is A Place" on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings in 2018. |
| Theirs is an organic & explosive sound that blends influences from |
| afrobeat and broken beat to Persian music, with a deep love and |
| understanding of jazz, particularly the heritage of spiritual jazz |
| led by titans such as Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane and of course, |
| Gary Bartz. |
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| Which makes this collaboration even more special. Bartz was first |
| invited to share a stage with Maisha by Gilles Peterson to headline |
| the inaugural We Out Here festival. Their chemistry was rich and |
| instantaneous, certainly a two-way street, with the young musicians |
| reinvigorating the legend's performance and wowing the |
| intergenerational festival audience. A European tour followed, |
| including a London Jazz Festival highlight at the Royal Festival |
| Hall, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his album "Another Earth", |
| originally featuring fellow legends, Pharoah Sanders, Charles |
| Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, and John Coltrane's own bassist, Reggie |
| Workman. |
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| Now the relationship has evolved into a special straight-to-disc |
| recording for Night Dreamer Records, that captures the vitality of |
| their collaboration. Whilst Bartz and Maisha reinvent classic Bartz |
| compositions "Uhuru Sasa" and "Dr Follows Dance", extending the |
| pieces into long piece improvised grooves, their recording session |
| gave birth to three brand new joint compositions, written the very |
| same day. These include the propulsive "Leta's Dance" that magically |
| combines the Bartz' soulful musical lyricism with Maisha's |
| African-jazz influences, and the organic jazz funk of "Harlem to |
| Haarlem", featuring a hot solo from guest trumpeter Axel |
| Kaner-Lidstrom of Cykada & Levitation Orchestra fame. |
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| Like previous Night Dreamer efforts from afrobeat star Seun Kuti & |
| Egypt 80, and the beautiful collaboration between Brazilian stars Seu |
| Jorge & Roge, the album was recorded in Haarlem's Artone Studio, a |
| stones throw from Amsterdam, in just one-take, straight-to-disc, |
| avoiding post-production embellishments and retaining the purity of |
| the performance lost in modern recording techniques. |
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| This record really is an event, in and of itself, a meeting of |
| talents, minds, generations and zeitgeist moments, captured in a |
| unique and pure manner. The music does not disappoint, as Maisha have |
| been inspired to reach new heights whilst we find Bartz truly |
| reinvigorated, and both artists in tune to the spirit of the other. |
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| Cut direct-to-disc on Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th October 2019 @ |
| Artone Studio, Haarlem, The Netherlands. |
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| Executive producers: George Camdonius, Neal Birnie & Gilles Peterson. |
| Recorded by Martijn Schouten & Patrick Scholtens. |
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| Personnel: |
| Gary Bartz - alto & soprano saxophone |
| Jake Long - drums |
| Shirley Tetteh - electric guitar |
| Alexander MacSween - keyboards |
| Twm Dylan - double & electric bass |
| Axel Kaner-Lindstrom - trumpet |
| Tim Doyle - percussion |
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| YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! |
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