randy weston - african cookbook - atlantic - vinyl 
ATLANTIC 1609 - 49622 - uslp - €11.50
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Genre: Jazz
1. Berkshire Blues
2. Portrait Of Vivian
3. Willie s Tune
4. Niger Mambo
5. African Cookbook
6. Congolese Children
7. Blues For Five Reasons
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Great album of African-tinged jazz -- recorded privately by Randy Weston in the mid 60s, and not issued formally until 1972 by Atlantic Records! The session shows Weston at the height of his modernist experiments -- and at a time when his work was going largely undocumented, probably because of its progressive nature -- but really flowing out with a rich Africanist inspiration, and served up with even sharper modern edges than before!
His group here includes Big Black on congas, Booker Ervin on tenor, and Ray Copeland on trumpet -- and Copeland also arranged all the tracks, transforming a few older numbers with the bolder spirit of the session.
