Sunbirds - 1973 - Zagara

Sunbirds

1973

Zagara

01. My Dear Groovin
02. I Don't Need
03. African Sun
04. Fire Dance
05. Homecoming
06. Ocean Song
07. Stillpointing
08. Zagara

Ferdinand Povel/ fl
Leczek Zadlo/ fl
Lucas Costa/ gtr
Rafael Weber/ gtr
Fritz Pauer/ p
Jimmy Woode/ dbl b
Ron Carter/ dbl.b
Norman Tolbert/ perc,
Klaus Weiss/ dr

Originally released in 1973, as this was the short-lived jazz / fusion collective's second and final lp. About as good as their first self-titled record (see my review) also reissued by the Garden Of Delights label. Tunes here that I liked the most were the -almost- ethnic-sounding "Fire Dance", the laid-back "Homecoming", the well-received "My Dear Groovin" and the eleven-minute [somewhat inventive, one might say] "African Sun" with some really great flute playing featured. Might possibly appeal to of Epidaurus, Can or Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Also available on vinyl lp from Garden Of Delights.