Hartmut Geerken And His Rock And Free Jazz Group Kabul - 2015 - Insistency!

Hartmut Geerken And His Rock And Free Jazz Group Kabul Featuring John Tchicai

2015

Insistency!

01. Insist! - Part One 15:56

02. Insist! - Part Two 13:18

Alto & Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Voice, Bandura, Bells, Drums, Piano – John Tchicai

Congas, Drum – Olaf Geerken

Drums – Ghafur Rasul

Guitar – Maqsud Schukurwali

Piano, Harp, Electronics, Tambourine, Drums – Hartmut Geerken

Edition of 250 copies.

Recorded live on May 12, 1977 at Goethe Institut Kabul, Sherpur Wat.

Third -- and sadly last -- chapter of the archival recordings fixed on tape by Hartmut Geerken during his stay in Kabul in the '70s. 

Insistency! was recorded at the Goethe-Institut Afghanistan in Kabul on same day as the duo session of Hindukush Serenade (HOL 071LP) -- May 22, 1977 -- but also sees Maqsud Schukurwali and Ghafur Rasul -- members of the Free Jazz Group Kabul -- joining Geerken and John Tchicai and playing an insistent anthem, also featuring an eight-year-old Olaf Geerken on congas. On side B, the music gets quieter and Tchicai finds the perfect moment to release his yelled, ecstatic chant, slowly turning into a hypnotizing song.