Dollar Brand - 1974 - African Breeze

Dollar Brand 

1974 

African Breeze

01. Africa 20:29

        Nim Vlula (The Rain Song)

        Msunduza

        Salaam (Peace)

        Ancient Africa

        Salaam (Peace)

02. Reflection 21:02

        Single Petal Of A Rose

        Come Sunday

        Monk From Harlem

        African Sun

        Tintinyana

Piano, Flute [Bamboo] – Dollar Brand

Recorded live on February 21st, 1974.

Dollar Brand playing solo – but with a vibrancy that hardly makes you miss the other instruments at all! Most of the record features solo piano, but there's also a bit of bamboo flute as well – leading off the set and establishing this great organic vibe to the whole thing, which is then followed by Brand's long-spun, completely hypnotic lines on piano! The recording quality is wonderful – very clear and strong, and quite resonant too – and the set features two side-long long suites – "Africa" and "Reflection" – with shorter passages that move through the warm range of moods you'd find in Brand's other strong work from the time.