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Shamek Farrah and Folks: La Dee La La
by Rex Butters
Reed player Shamek Farrah ranks with the great unrecorded. Two releases on Strata East in the '70s, some for RA, a release in '95. The reissue of this 1978 recording for RA by Quadraphonic Sound Module reintroduces a roomful of rarely heard musicians, along with a young Malachi Thompson. Roger Howell's congas and Lenny King's percussion give the music a tropical feel, while Saeed Amik's quick luscious piano harmonies blossom all over the music.
The disc opens with ...
read moreElements of the 7th: Rhythmic Process = 2x()y) + 3
by Rex Butters
Assemble alumni from Randy Weston, Third World, Arrested Development, Sting, Harry Belafonte, Lonnie Liston Smith, Maxi Priest, and Mystic Merlin; throw in Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, and Sabir Mateen; and you have Elements of the 7th, hard blowing exercises in extended groovology. With talent like this on board, your expectations of being lifted from your seat materialize.
“3" opens the set. With Third World's Clifford “Moonie" Pusey snaking rusty wire wah-wah guitar leading over shakers and tambourine, and ...
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