Sahib Shihab

180 VINYL - LIMITED EDITION 3000 COPIES
REMASTERED FOR THE ORIGINAL STEREO MASTER TAPES
DELUXE FLIPBACK ALBUM JACKET
FACSIMILE REISSUE USING ORIGINAL ARTWORK
DOUBLE INSERT USING AN ORIGINAL PHOTO BY JAN PERSSON

This outstanding recording presents Sahib Shihab in exceptionally fine form, presiding over two sessions recorded in August 1965. Unlike most American jazz recordings of the time, there are no concessions to popular fads, rock and roll, or movie themes. All nine tracks here are Shihab originals that mix his post-bop leanings with intriguing modal experiments. Shihab sticks to baritone sax for most of the 37-minute program, but he hardly ever dominates. He is the most democratic of leaders, letting the orchestra set the agenda and allowing ample solo space to his talented stablemates. With so few examples of Shihab's magnificent artistry outside of the Clarke-Boland Big Band available, Sahib Shihab and the Danish Radio Jazz Group is a rare opportunity to hear the great baritone saxophonist and dynamic flautist doing what he does best in what is ultimately a complimentary and wondrous setting.

PERSONNEL:

• Sahib Shihab - (baritone saxophone, flute, cowbell)
• Poul Hindberg - (alto saxophone, clarinet)
• Ib Renard - (baritone saxophone)
• Bent Nielsen - (baritone saxophone, Flute, clarinet)
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (NHOP) - (bass)
• Alex Riel - (drums)
• Allan Botschinsky - (trumpet)
• Fritz von Bülow - (guitar)
• Bent Axen - (piano)
• Bent Jædig - (tenor saxophone, flute)
• Niels Husum - (tenor saxophone)
• Svend Åge Nielsen - (trombone, bass trombone)
• Torolf Mølgaard - (trombone, Euphonium)
• Palle Bolvig - (trumpet)
• Palle Mikkelborg - (trumpet)
• Poul Kjældgård - (tuba)
• Louis Hjulmand - (vibraphone)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Di-Da
• A2. Dance Of The Fakowees
• A3. Not Yet
• A4. Tenth Lament

• SIDE B
• B1. Mai Ding
• B2. Harvey's Tune
• B3. No Time For Cries
• B4. The Crosseyed Cat
• B5. Little French Girl