Jill McManus ‎– Symbols Of Hopi – 1983/1984 – Full Album

Concord Jazz – CJ-242
US 1983 1984

I am grateful to this stunning review by Michael Jacklin who made me aware of this album:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNn8W-oskeN/

A1 Corn Dance
A2 Cloud Blessing
A3 Symbols Of Hopi
B1 All The Earth To Bloom
B2 From The Four Directions
B3 Inner Spirit Dance
B4 Acoma

Recorded At – Vanguard Studios

Bass – Marc Johnson
Bells, Rattle – Alan Star
Drum [Cottonwood Drum], Rattle – Louis Mofsie
Drums – Billy Hart
Piano, Producer, Cover – Jill McManus
Recorded By – David Baker
Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Dave Liebman
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Tom Harrell

#AmericanJazz #Hopi #SpiritualJazz

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D-Watts – New Black Poetry 4 Tracks ( Jungle Rhythm Records 1991 ) Hip Hop Tamal / San Francisco CA

Obscure 4-Tracker here, kind of Speaking Words / Rap combination! 4 cool Track by "D-Watts" out Tamal California, the Tracks were recorded in San Francisco CA. In the clip you can see the original Vinyl Test Pressing and the official Tape Release! Indeed the vinyl is very rare, even the regular pressing doesn't show up very often, I don't think that they pressed many copies, I guess they mainly made tapes, the Cassette shows up more often! In this clip you find the 4 Songs, lightly edited, here the track-list of the Clip:

00:00 - 03:10 = What is Life
03:10 - 05:47 = Mommas on Crack
05:47 - 08:35 = The Message, Sisters on my mind
08:35 - 11:46 = New Black Poetry

that's not everybody's taste .... but it's definitely cool & different from anything else, so check it out .... Peace

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