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Much-needed exact repro vinyl reissue of this classic free jazz side. Saxophonist/vocalist Arthur Doyle made his earth-shaking debut on Noah Howard’s Black Ark LP but this was Doyle’s first date as a leader, originally issued in a tiny run on Charles Tyler’s private Ak-Ba imprint, originals of which are now highly prized. The group line-up is suitably weird, with Doyle on tenor voice-o-phone, bass voice-o-phone and flute, Rashied Sinan and Bruce Moore on drums, Charles Stephens on trombone and Richard Williams on Fender bass, an instrumental setting that gives the whole set a ferocious No Wave edge and an odd avant-jazz atmosphere. The opening „November 8th & 9th – I Can’t Remember When“ is one of the most ferocious and forbidding slabs of amplified vocalese to come out of free jazz, laying down the blueprint that guitarist Rudolph Grey would later explode with Doyle in The Blue Humans. There’s a great dedication to the similarly time-slaying Milford Graves/Hugh Glover tag-team on „Development“ and an early take on a staple from the Doyle catalogue, „Ancestor“, that links the Aethiopian style of Sun Ra’s Arkestra with a new generation of future-primitives. Still one of the peerless free jazz wildman sides of the 20th century. Comes with a reproduction of Dan Warburton’s excellent interview with Doyle from The Wire printed on the inner sleeve. Highest possible recommendation.
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First official vinyl reissue of Arthur Doyle’s masterpiece Alabama Feeling which was originally released in a limited run of only 1000 copies on the AK-BA label in 1978 and has become one of the most sought after free-jazz records of all time which always commands a premium whenever it turns up for sale. Limited edition of 500 copies. Inner Sleeve features reprint of an article by Dan Warburton about Arthur Doyle that first appeared in Wire Magazine. Highly recommended.
US:
Mindblowing work — the first album recorded by avant tenorist Arthur Doyle, a clear 70s heir to the 60s ESP tradition! The album was originally pressed up in a very small batch, but it wails with an importance and power that that’s every bit as bracing as early work by Albert Ayler — a clear influence on Doyle’s sound here. Doyle’s tone is amazing — sad and lonely, yet also urgent and immediate — and the lineup on the record features two drummers, who combined make for a really strong approach to the rhythm! Titles include „Development“, „Ancestor“, „Something For Caserlo Larry & Irma“, and „Mother Image Father Image“. (Limited edition of 500 copies.)
Long-desired vinyl reissue of Arthur Doyle’s first record as a leader, one of the classic free jazz blowouts, recorded live at The Brook in NYC in 1977. Originally issued on Charles Tyler’s great Ak-Ba label, this record, along appearances on Milford Graves’ “Babi Music” and Noah Howard’s “Black Ark,” established Doyle’s reputation as a saxophonist with a hard, gravelly tone who was unafraid to take the music way out there. His band is right there with him on this date, especially Richard Williams’ wild Fender bass. Limited edition of 500 copies, includes a story on Doyle published in The Wire several years back.
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