Showing posts with label David Durrah. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 21, 2023

Doug Hammond & David Durrah - 1975 - Reflections In The Sea Of Nurnen

Doug Hammond & David Durrah
1975
Reflections In The Sea Of Nurnen



01. Fidalgo Detour 7:32
02. Space II 0:35
03. Wake Up Brothers 3:05
04. Reflections 4:23
05. For Real 2:56
06. Space I 2:00
07. Sea Of Nurnen 4:34
08. Moves 4:29

Alto Saxophone – Otis Harris
Bass – Charles Metcalf
Percussion – Frederick Boon, Thomas (Turk) Trayler
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer – David Durrah
Violin – Charles Burnham, Trevis Mickeel
Vocals, Drums, Melodica, Synthesizer – Doug





Nice, partly vocal soul)jazz album with some lush tracks as well as some heavier work. Comes with compositions by the likes of Charles metcalf, David Durrah and Doug Hammond.Check the splendid 'Wake up Brothers'.

The Tribe label, one of the brightest lights of America’s 1970s jazz underground, receives the Now-Again reissue treatment. This is your chance to indulge in the music and story of one of the most meaningful, local movements of the 20th Century Black American experience, one that expanded outwards towards the cosmos. In the words of the collective themselves, “Music is the healing force of the universe.” Included in an extensive, oversized booklet, Larry Gabriel and Jeff “Chairman” Mao take us through the history of the Tribe, in a compelling story that delves not just into the history of the label and its principals, but into the story of Black American empowerment in the latter half of the 20th Century.

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Doug Hammond - 1975 - Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen

Doug Hammond 
1975
Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen




01. Fidalgo Detour 7:32
02. Space II 0:35
03. Wake Up Brothers 3:05
04. Reflections 4:23
05. For Real 2:56
06. Space I 2:00
07. Sea Of Nurnen 4:34
08. Moves 4:29
09. Venus Fly Trap 2:49
10. Kai 3:53

Alto Saxophone – Otis Harris
Percussion – Fredrick Boon, Thomas (Turk) Trayler
Piano, Electric Piano , Synthesizer – David Durrah
Violin – Charles Burnham, Trevis Mickeel
Violin [Bass], Electric Bass – Charles Metcalf
Vocals, Drums, Melodica, Synthesizer – Doug Hammond




An incredible session from the legendary Tribe Records scene -- an equal effort from leader Doug Hammond and keyboardist David Durrah, who contributes some ground breaking Fender Rhodes and moog work to the set! Hammond handles drums plus a bit of vocals and synthesizer on the session -- working alongside Durrah in a groove that mixes electric and acoustic instrumentation into a totally righteous sound with lots of heavy Afro Jazz leanings. A number of tracks feature great vocals from Hammond -- righteous, and with a beautifully soulful message-oriented approach -- and a few other tracks, such as the classic "Space I" and "Space II", feature a sparer all-electric sound. The whole thing's wonderful -- skittishly rhythmic, warmly flowing, and righteously beautiful.