Johnny Dyani

Rejoice + Together (SGCD012/013)

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Rejoice + Together

Johnny Dyani

Cadillac

5020675971325

DRJ 152971

SGCD012/013

JAZZ

2

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CD 17,99 €

DIGIPACK EDITION

Johnny Mbizo Dyani was a South African bassist and composer who came to London as an apartheid exile with his compatriots in the racially-mixed Blue Notes group in 1964, and played a key role in the creative impact they made on British jazz in that era, before his death in 1986. This double album, also celebrating the 40th birthday of London jazz label Cadillac, catches the nimble and dramatic Dyani in a scorching free-jazz trio with the likewise shortlived trumpeter Mongezi Feza and classically trained Turkish drummer Okay Temiz, and a hollering, joyous, township-grooves septet including the great Blue Notes saxophonist Dudu Pukwana. Feza, a fizzing blend of Miles Davis and Don Cherry, leads the trio set with his fast, impulsive, fearlessly haphazard attack, while Dyani fuses implacable walks, richly sombre chordwork and audacious free-jazz countermelody. But the septet tracks are this collection's most openly attractive features – featuring Dyani on electric keys and vocals, the robustly sublime Pukwana on alto sax and whistles, and a powerful electric lineup. It's mostly about catchy Dyani songs and a party vibe, but there's enough of the inimitable Pukwana's talkative, cajoling, and sometimes romantically smoky horn to keep the jazzers smiling. - The Guardian

PERSONNEL:

JOHNNY MBIZO DYANI, keyboards, vocalS
DUDU PUKWANA, alto sax
VIRIMUJE WILLIE MBUENDE, electric bass
PETER "SHIMMY" RADISE, tenor sax
KENNY HAKANSSON,guitar
HASSAN BAH, congas
BOSSE SKOGLUND, drums
FELIX PERRERA, south american traditional harp


CD 1. REJOICE

01. Mad High
02. Makaya Makaya
03. Pukwana
04. Imbongolo
05. Mad High Revisited

CD 2: TOGETHER

01Together
02. Johnny's Kwela
03. Marabi Soweto
04. High Priest
05. Kalahari