Dollar Brand

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

An album that was issued in the US, but which actually features excellent work that Abdullah Ibrahim/Dollar Brand recorded for the Gallo label in South Africa – the kind of edgier work that we often prefer next to some of his solo and trio material! The key force here is the horns – as one side of the record features work from Kippie Moketsi on alto, Basil Manenberg on tenor and flute, and Duku Makasi on tenor – and the flipside features a quartet with Manenberg again – a player whose deep tones really make for a perfect combination with Dollar Brand's snakey piano lines. Moketsi is great, as always – with that offbeat reed sound that always makes his performances so unique.

PERSONNEL:

• Kippie Moketsi - alto sax
• Basil Moses, Sipho Gumede - bass
• Gilbert Mathews, Monty Weber - drums
• Dollar Brand - piano
• Duku Makasi - tenor sax
• Basil Manenberg - tenor sax, flute

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Black Lightning

• SIDE B
• B1 Little Boy
• B2 Black & Brown Cherries
• B3 Blue Monk