Dollar Brand

2 LPs ON 1 CD

Bonus album: JAZZ EPISTLE -VERSE 1

This rare LP, "Dollar Brand Plays Sphere Jazz" (Gallo Continental ZB8047), reissued in its entirety for the first time ever on CD, is presented here with its original South African cover. Also included is Brand’s complete long unavailable previous LP, "Jazz Epistle – Verse 1" (Gallo Continental CON T-14), issued as by The Jazz Epistles, and on which the same trio is augmented to a sextet with the addition of three reeds, among them the great Hugh Masekela.

PERSONNEL:

[1-7] PLAYS SPHERE JAZZ
DOLLAR BRAND, piano
JOHNNY GERTZE, bass
MAKAYA NTSHOKO, drums
Johannesburg, South Africa, February 4, 1960.

[8-15] THE JAZZ EPISTLES / JAZZ EPISTLE - VERSE 1

Same personnel as above plus :
HUGH MASEKELA, trumpet
JONAS GWANGWA, trombone
KIPPIE MOEKETSI, alto sax
Johannesburg, South Africa, January 22, 1960.

TRACKS

01 Boulevard East
02 Khumbula Jane
03 Sad Times, Bad Times/King Kong
04 Blues For B
05 Misterioso
06 Just You, Just Me
07 Eclipse At Dawn
08 Dollar’s Moods
09 Blues For Hughie
10 Uku-Jonga Phambili (Meaning “Looking Forward”)
11 I Remember Billy
12 Vary-Oo-Vum
13 Carol’s Drive
14 Gafsa
15 Scullery Department

Total Time: 78:58