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Ubaguile (See Saw) 08:05 | | 2. Diamond Express 08:18 | | 3. Madodana (The Young Ones) 07:56 | | 4. Tete And Barbs In My Mind 04:38 | | 5. Bird Lives 08:55 | | | | | | R E L E A S E N O T E S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> | | ------------------------- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | | | | | | Dudu Pukwana possesses the vocabulary of jazz and the spirit and fire | | of Africa. Born and raised in racist South Africa, Dudu took his | | extraordinary talent to England as soon as he realized where he was. | | | | But the essence and soul of his homeland lives within him and the | | many other muscians who have escaped South African apartheid. That | | last includes Hugh Masekela. Jonas Gwanga, Dollar Brand and Chris | | MacGregor, all of whom have worked with Dudu. | | | | In London, Dudu's saxophone and arrangements have become as familiar | | with folk and rock audiences as with jazz followers. His studio work | | with members of Traffic and The Incredible String Band and other pop | | groups well known, but his most creative work has been with Chris | | MacGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath (for which he has written and | | recorded many tunes), with Keith Tippett's Centipede and with Hugh | | Masekela, with whom he recorded the classic "Home Is Where The Music | | Is" (ABC "Blue Thumb") | | | | During the early seventies, Dudu found time to lead Spear, a group of | | South African musicians who retained the fervor and tension of their | | homeland and brought that to the language of jazz. Mongezi Feza and | | Louis Moholo were members of that group. | | | | Moholo is master drummer. He is a comrade of many jazz drummers and | | has been able to teach them rhythms of Africa. He has worked | | extensively throughout Europe with Dollar Brand and Steve Lacy among | | others. | | | | Mongezi was a brilliant trumpeter. He was most certainly the alter | | ego and constant companion of Dudu. A major musician who had the | | respect of all who heard him play. But tragedy befell Mongs shortly | | after the completion of the two sessions that make up this album. He | | had nervous breakdown and was sent to a public institution that had | | no heating to fight the November chills. Mongs contracted double | | pneumonia, lay unattended and died soon thereafter. It is to this | | brilliant and warm human being that Dudu lovingly and sadly dedicates | | this album. | | | | Within this line-up are three noted British musicians: Keith Tippett, | | Nick Evans and Elton Dean. Dean, who plays saxello, a variation of | | the soprano saxophone, first gained notoriety with Soft Machine. | | Tippett is a brilliant keyboardist who leads the massive Centipede | | and works frequently with his wife, singer Julie Driscoll Tippett and | | other leading creative musicians on the British scene. Nick Evans is | | a complete trombonist who has worked closely with Dudu in MacGregor's | | group. | | | | The music contained herein is basically self explanatory. Suffice it | | to say that Dudu has digested the eras of jazz, American R & B, West | | Indian music and African music to homogenize his own distinctive | | sound. Ubaguile, Damond Express and Madodana embrace all of the | | elements, but feel and the flow reflect Dudu's uplifting sense of | | abandon. He absorbs the rules, digests the cliches, uses what he | | wants and casts the rest aside. Dudu's spirit, like the spirit of | | Africa, is irrepressible. | | | | Tete And Barbs In My Mind shows the more 'out' aspect of Dudu's | | writing and playing. The piece is dedicated to South African pianist | | Tete Mbambisa and his wife Barbs. Bird Lives carries on the spirit of | | Bird, but in Dudu's own loving and slyly humorous terms. Bent be-bop. | | | | With Spear, Dudu recorded one album for Virgin. But this is his first | | album as a leader with total license over material and personnel. He | | acquits himself beautifully, taking a wide range of black music | | heritage and turning it toward his own version. Diamond Express is | | the long overdue debut of a fiery and passionate creator. | | - Michael Cuscuna (original LP liner notes) | | | | | | Recorded on two sessions at Island Studios, London, autumn 1975. This | | album is dedicated to Mongezi Feza (1945-1975). | | | | | | YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! | | | | | | . . | | |\/\/| | | |____| | |------------------------------=---=-======-=---=-------------------------| |===/\===============================SOUNDz==========================/\===| '--/__\--------------------------=-2013-2020-=----------------------/__\--'