Athanor

• 2X VINIL GATEFOLD EDITION

Tremendous work by a jazz group we've not seen on any other records – working here in a set of live improvisations recorded in Austria in 1978! The sound is loose, but never entirely free jazz – as there's a good sense of rhythm to the group, hanging sometimes together in less-traditional ways – almost an Ornette-like way of the instruments coming together in these beautiful pulsations of sound! The lineup is unfamiliar to us, but these guys have a really fantastic sense of energy together – Harum Ghulam Barabbas on alto, Joseph Traindl on trombone, Richard Ahmad Pechoc on piano, and Muhammad Malli on drums and percussion – creating their own sort of magic on the set's six improvisations – all with very different flavors and lengths.

PERSONNEL:

• Harun Ghulam Barabbas - alto sax
• Joseph Traindl - trombone
• Richard Ahmad Pechoc - piano
• Muhammad Malli - drums, soprano sax

Recorded in Nickelsdorf, Austria, 1978

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Improvisation ..... 15:34
• A2. Improvisation ..... 3:10

• SIDE B
• B1. Improvisation ...... 10:09
• B2. Improvisation ...... 11:37

• SIDE C
• C1. Improvisation ...... 19:01

• SIDE D
• D1. Improvisation ...... 9:40