Monday, July 19, 2010

Joseph Jarman/Don Moye, Black Paladins (side A)

1979's Black Paladins features nice trio recordings of Jarman, Moye, and Johnny Dyani on bass/piano/vocals. It includes 3 Jarman compositions, and by 1979 he had definitely headed into the mellower approach that he still favors today. The Dyani piece "Mama Marimba" is interesting because it includes obvious use of overdubs—it's also a great document of Dyani's work in this era. They also perform a low-key version of Kalaparusha's "Humility in the Light of the Creator". The cover art is fairly bland, and the recording/mastering is overly bright.

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