Jazz Articles about Barney Rachabane

Roots: Deeper Roots

by Chris May
May 29, 2022

Originally released in South Africa in 1975, Deeper Roots--reissued in spring 2022 on the Canadian vinyl-only label We Are Busy Bodies--inhabits a place on the instrumental jazz/R&B spectrum akin to that of US label Prestige's juke-box singles of the 1960s by artists such as tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons (according to label boss Bob Weinstock, Prestige's biggest seller by a country mile). Roots' guitarist and producer Almon Memela takes Ammons' Saturday night recipe—four on the floor grooves, simple ...